Luis Cortés Bargalló, a poet, translator and editor, was born in Tijuana B.C. in 1952 and currently resides in Mexico City.
Luis
Cortés Bargalló is the author of the following books of poetry: Filos
de un haz y envés,
(Trilce Ediciones) 2007 Talleres
de Saturno (circa)La
lampara del cuerpo (El aduanero)
Por
el ojo de una aguja (selección) (an anthology of his poetry) (Biblioteca del ISSSTE) 1999 Al
margen indomable,
(Mexico City: Conaculta) 1996
La
soledad del polo,
(Mexico City: Ediciones Toledo) 1990 El
circo silencioso,
(Fondo de Cultura Economica) 1985 Terrario, (Latitudes Press) 1979
In
addition, he has published the following books:
Editor:
Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico, with translations by Forrest Gander and Lineas
Conectados: Nueva
poesia de los Estados Unidos (Sarabande Books,
Louisville, KY) 2006 Editor: Piedra de serpiente – Poetry
and Prose of Baja California. (2 vols.), (Mexico City: Conaculta) 1993
Editor:
Poetas de una generación 1950-1959 (1989) Parvada
(1985) an anthology
A
translation of William Carlos Williams’ Kora in Hell (Tolucd: UAEM) 1986 A
translation and essay about Gary Snyder, Anthology (Mexico City: UNAM) 1984
Asamblea
de poetas jóvenes (1980) an anthology Siete
poetas jóvenes de Tijuana (1974) an anthology
In addition, Bargalló has published volumes of translations of the poetry of William Carlos Williams,
Robert Bly, Marianne Moore and Gary Snyder, among others. Bargalló has collaborated on a great number of literary magazines and supplements over
the years, including: La Gaceta del Fondo de Cultura Económica, Revista de la
Universidad de México, Casa del Tiempo, Hojas, La Jornada Semanal, Trafalgar
Square y El Último Vuelo. At the age of 23 he founded and published the
magazine, El Zaguán. His editorial expertise
led to work on the following publications: Dirección General de Publicaciones
de la SEP, Editorial Penélope, Dirección de Literatura del INBA, Praxis, Gráfica
Editorial, Ediciones Toledo y Joan Boldó i Climent Editores. He is also an
independent publisher.
Mr. Bargalló has been a recipient of grants from the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture (Rockefeller/Bancomer/FONCA) and is a member of Mexico's National System of Creators of Art since 2001 (Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte). He was the Director of the Poetry Workshops at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California from 1974 a 1975 in Tijuana.
Luis Cortés Bargalló studied communication science at Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexican literature and songwriting at the Universidad Iberoamericana-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UIA-UNAM), and music at the National Conservatory of México) (CNM), in Mexico City.