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Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo

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Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo

Mexico

Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo is a Purépecha poet living in Mexico.

Articles by Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo

A rebozo photographed in black and white.

By Mónica Morales. License: CC by 2.0 Access at: https://flic.kr/p/rP5TJ

Purépecha Mother

By Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo

This poem from an indigenous Purépecha author celebrates the heroism of a seemingly ordinary woman.

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris & Sylvia Sasson Shorris

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