Guatemala

Eduardo Halfon

Eduardo Halfon was born in Guatemala City. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of ten, went to school in South Florida, studied industrial engineering at North Carolina State University,…...

Francisco Méndez

Francisco Méndez (1907-1962) grew up in the town of Joyabaj in K'iche, Guatemala and worked for several years as a schoolteacher there. He published his first poem at the age of eighteen, and…...

Humberto Ak abal

Humberto Ak abal writes in Kichè (Maya) at his home far from his birthplace (1952) in Momostenango, Totonicapán, Guatemala. He is one of the most widely translated poets writing in an indigenous…...

Miguel Angel Oxlaj

Miguel Angel Oxlaj Cúmez of Compala, Guatemala, received the Premio de Literatura Indígena B'ATZ' in a competition juried by the well-known Mexican author Juan Villoro among others.…...

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