Poetry at Sangam

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Martín Tonalmeyotl

Martín [Jacinto Meza] Tonalmeyotl is a Nahua narrator, poet, teacher, translator, and photographer. He holds a BA in Hispanic American Literature from the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (UAGRO) and a Master’s degree in Indoamerican Linguistics from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS). His verse collections include Tlalkatsajtsilistle / Ritual de los olvidados (Jaguar Ediciones, 2016) and Nosentlalilxochitlajtol / Antología personal (Asociación de Escritores de México, 2017). He is currently a Professor of Nahuatl Language and coordinates the series Xochitlájtoli for Círculo de Poesía, which showcases contemporary poetry written in Mexico’s indigenous languages.

 

Poems by Martín Tonalmeyotl translated by Autumn Richardson

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