The Resume

(June 30, 1939-January 26, 2014)
Born in Mexico City, Mexico
Taught at National Autonomous University of Mexico and various universities in United States, Canada, and United Kingdom, including University of Maryland, College Park, and University of Essex
Wrote the poetry books 'The Elements of Night' (1963), 'The Resting Place of Fire' (1966), 'And So You Go, Never to Come Back' (1973), 'In the Drift of the Islands' (1976), 'Since Then' (1980), 'The Labors of the Sea' (1980), 'City of Memory: Poems 1986–1989' (1989), and 'An Ark for the Next Millennium' (1993)
Wrote the short story collections 'The Blood of Medusa' (1958), 'The Distant Wind' (1963), and 'The Pleasure Principle' (1972)
Wrote the novels 'You Will Die Far Away' (1967) and 'Battles in the Desert' (1981)
Received José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature (2000), Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2004), and Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2009), to name a few
Died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Mexico City

Why he might be annoying:

Believing that ultimately only poetry mattered instead of poets, he shrugged off the many awards he received.
He revised and rewrote many of his already published works to make them suit the times.
He was a pessimist when it comes to history, viewing it as a cycle of events that always haunts mankind.
He wrote several plays that were never produced.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a humble man, claiming that he 'wasn't Mexico's best poet.'
His dad was a revolutionary general in the Mexican Revolution.
He translated the works of several English-language authors into Spanish, including Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams and T.S. Eliot.
His early works dealt with hot topic issues like pollution, poverty, and government bureaucracy.

Credit: Big Lenny

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Big Lenny's Profiles [Series 04]
• I am Mexican
• I Died in 2014 (Ranked: 74)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read Selections [Authors] (Ranked: 2010)
• Poets
• Profiles 37001-37250 (Ranked: 37156)
• Teachers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying