Carlos Monsiváis

Carlos Monsiváis (born May 4, 1938, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist on the El Universal newspaper. He writes political opinion columns in other leading newspapers and is considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors.

Monsiváis studied economics and philosophy in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His writings, some of which are written with an ironic undertone, show a deep understanding of the origin and development of Mexican popular culture.

EZLN spokesman Subcomandante Marcos regards Monsiváis as an influence.

Political Involvement

Recently, on January 26, 2006, Monsiváis joined other internationally renowned figures and Latin American authors such as Nobel-laureate Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Benedetti, Ernesto Sábato, Thiago de Mello, Eduardo Galeano, Pablo Armando Fernández, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Mayra Montero, Ana Lydia Vega and world famous singer/composer Pablo Milanés, in demanding sovereignty for Puerto Rico and adding their name and signatue to the Latin American and Caribbean Congress' Proclamation for the Independence of Puerto Rico, which approved a resolution favoring the island-nation's right to assert its independence, as ratified unanimously by political parties hailing from twenty two Latin American countries in November of 2006. Galeano's demand for the recognition of Puerto Rico's independence was obtained at the behest of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP).

Bibliography

Anthologies

• La poesía mexicana del siglo XX (1966)
• La poesía mexicana II, 1914-1979 (1979)
• La poesía mexicana III (1985)

Biography

• Frida Kahlo: Una vida, una obra (1992)

Chronicles

• Principios y potestades (1969)
• Días de guardar (1971)
• Amor perdido (1976)
• De qué se ríe el licenciado (1984)
• Entrada libre, crónicas de la sociedad que se organiza (1987)
• Escenas de pudor y liviandad (1988)
• Los rituales del caos (1995)

Essays

• Características de la cultura nacional (1969)
• Historias para temblar: 19 de septiembre de 1985 (1988)
• Yo te Bendigo Vida

Narrative

• Nuevo catecismo para indios remisos (1982)

Further Reading

English

• Carlos Monsiváis : culture and chronicle in contemporary Mexico / Linda Egan., 2001
• Mexico : an encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history / ed. Don M Coerver., 2004
• Responding to crisis in contemporary Mexico: the political writings of Paz, Fuentes, Monsiváis, and Poniatowska / Claire Brewster., 2005

Spanish

• Acercamientos a Carlos Monsiváis / José Bru., 2006
• Carlos Monsiváis / Carlos Monsiváis; Emmanuel Carballo., 1966
• Crónicas de la identidad : Jaime Sáenz, Carlos Monsiváis y Pedro Lemebel / Cecilia Lanza Lobo., 2004
• El arte de la ironía : Carlos Monsiváis ante la crítica / Mabel Moraña., 2007
• La ciudad como texto : la crónica urbana de Carlos Monsiváis / Jezreel Salazar., 2006
• Carlos Monsiváis : cultura y crónica en el México contemporáneo / Linda Egan., 2004
• Nada mexicano me es ajeno : seis papeles sobre Carlos Monsiváis / Adolfo Castañón., 2005
• Confrontaciones / Carlos Monsiváis., 1984

External link

• Monsiváis.com Biography, articles and interviews.