Natalio Hernández Hernández (born 27 July 1947), also known as Natalio Hernández Xocoyotzin and by the pseudonym José Antonio Xokoyotsij, is a Mexican Nahua intellectual and poet, from Lomas del Dorado, Ixhuatlan de Madero the state of Veracruz. He is a founder of the

Asociación de los Escritores en Lenguas Indígenas The Asociación de los Escritores en Lenguas Indígenas is a Mexican arts organization centered on writers in indigenous languages. It was founded by Natalio Hernández. Languages of Mexico Arts organizations based in Mexico {{Mex ...

(AELI, ''Association of Writers in Indigenous Languages''), the Casa de los Escritores en Lenguas Indígenas (CELI, ''House of Writers in Indigenous Languages''), and the

Alianza Nacional de Profesionales Indígenas Bilingües Alianza may refer to: Sport * Alianza Atlético, Peru * Alianza F.C., San Salvador * Alianza F.C. (Panama) * Alianza Universidad in Huánuco, Peru * Alianza Lima, Peru * Alianza Petrolera F.C., Colombia Music * Alianza (Argentine band) * Alia ...

(or ANPIBAC, ''National Alliance of Indigenous Bilingual Professionals''). Since 2013 he is a corresponding member of the

Academia Mexicana de la Lengua The Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Mexican Academy of Language, the Mexican Academy of the Language, the Mexican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym AML) is the corr ...

, the Mexican Language Academy. Hernández was born 1947 in Naranjo Dulce, a small settlement in the municipality of

Ixhuatlán de Madero Ixhuatlán de Madero is a Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in north zone of the State of Veracruz, about 376 km from state capital Xalapa, in the region called Huasteca Baja. It is one of 212 municipalities in Veracruz. It has ...

, Veracruz.

Works

*''Xochikoskatl'' (1985; ) *''Sempoalxóchitl'' / ''Veinte flores: una sola flor'' (1987; ) *''Ijkon ontlajtoj aueuetl'' / ''Así habló el ahuehuete'' (1989; ) *''Canto nuevo de Anahuac'' (1994; ) *''Papalocuicatl'' / ''Canto a las mariposas'' (1996; ) *''in tlahtoli, in ohtli'' / ''la palabra, el camino: Memoria y destino de los pueblos indígenas'' (1998; ) *''El despertar de nuestras lenguas: Queman tlachixque totlahtolhuan'' (2002; ) *''Semanca huitzilin'' / ''Colibrí de la armonía'' / ''Hummingbird of Harmony'' (2005; )

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