Featured Reading:  Luis Cortés Bargalló



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.