Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary

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. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages. His writings chronicle the experience of everyday people in places such as the street, hospital, and playground. Sabines was also a politician.

Biography

Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez was born on March 25, 1926 in

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. He is of Lebanese and

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descent. Before he devoted himself to the study of literature, he spent three years studying medicine before moving on to his real vocation:literature, studying at UNAM

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. Sabines was an outstanding member of the Mexican Writers Centre from 1964 to 1965 and part of the jury for the Casa de las Americas prize. In addition to his literary activity, he participated in politics and became a

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for the

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Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

from 1976 to 1979, and for the

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in 1988. Sabines was awarded the Chiapas Award (1979), the

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(1972), the Elias Sourasky Award (1982) and the National Literature Award (1983). A collection of his work, ''Nuevo recuento de poemas'', was issued by the publisher Joaquín Mortiz in 1977, and the

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in 1986. In 1994 he received from the

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the

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; in 1995, his selected poems, ''Pieces of Shadow'' (trans. W.S. Merwin), was brought out in a bilingual edition by Papeles Privados; and in 2004 Exile Editions (Toronto, Canada) published a bilingual volume of two early Sabines books, Adam and Eve & Weekly Diary and Poems in Prose (trans. Colin Carberry.) Octavio Paz considered him “one of the greatest contemporary poets of our panishlanguage.” Sabines died on March 19, 1999.

Published poetry

*''Horal'' (1950) *''La señal'' (1951) *''Adán y Eva'' (1952) *''Tarumba'' (1956) *''Diario semanario y poemas en prosa'' (1961) *''Poemas sueltos'' (1951–1961) *''Yuria'' (1967) *''Espero curarme de ti'' (1967) *''Tlatelolco'' (1968) *''Maltiempo'' (1972) *''Algo sobre la muerte del Mayor Sabines'' (1973) *''Otros poemas sueltos'' (1973–1994) *''Nuevo recuento de poemas'' (1977) *''No es que muera de amor'' (1981) *''Los amorosos: Cartas a Chepita'' (1983) *''La luna'' (1988) *''Love Poems'' Translated by Colin Carberry (2011, Biblioasis)

Awards

*1959 Chiapas, El Ateneo de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas Prize. *1964 Scholarship granted by Centro Mexicano de Escritores (Mexican Center of Writers) *1973

for ''Maltiempo''. *1982

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*1983 National Prize for Language and Literature.Visited on December 1, 2009, and edited by Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education
*1986 Juchimán de Plata Award *1991

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Medal *1994

*1996

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, for ''Pieces of shadow''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabines, Jaime 1926 births 1999 deaths Mexican male poets Mexican male writers Writers from Chiapas People from Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexican people of Lebanese descent Recipients of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor 20th-century Mexican poets 20th-century male writers 20th-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Chiapas Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Chiapas Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Deputies of the L Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Mexico City

Biography

Published poetry

Awards

See also

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