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Biography of Homero Aridjis

In , in the Mexican village of Contepec in the central-highlands area of Michoacán, Homero Aridjis was born the youngest of five brothers to a Mexican mother and a Greek father.

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No library or bookstore existed in his village, and, he has said, "culture came for me as a personal conquest." Aridjis's conquest has resulted in the publication of thirty books of poetry and prose, including Antes del reino, El poeta niño, Espectáculo del año dos mil, El último Adán, Gran teatro del fin del mundo and La leyenda de los soles.

His Obra poética, spanning forty-two years of poetry, will appear in Translations of his work into English include the novels Persephone, The Life and Times of Juan Cabezón of Castile and Lord of the Last Days: Visions of the Year and the poetry collections Blue Spaces and Exaltation of Light.

His most recent book of essays, Apocalipsis con figures, is an examination of messianism, apocalyptic prophec