Lopez Velarde, Ramon

López Velarde, Ramón 

Born June 15, 1888, in Jerez, in the state of Zacatecas; died June 19, 1921, in Mexico City. Mexican poet. Son of folklore specialist A. Machado Alvarez.

López Velarde graduated from law school in San Luis Potosi. His first poems, inspired by impressions of provincial life (the collection Pious Blood, 1916), were imbued with a passionate love of his native land. López Velarde’s later lyric poetry was more subjective and dramatic but still retained its ties with real life. His most important poetic work, Beloved Fatherland (1921; Russian translation of excerpts, 1970), extolled Mexico and its people.

WORKS

Obras completas. Mexico City, 1944.

REFERENCES

Obregon Morales, R. “Chelovek vykhodit na pervyi plan.” Inostrannaia literatura, 1970, no. 6.
Guillén, N. “López Velarde, el poeta de la suave patria.” Bohemia, 1960, no. 51.
Mexicó en la cultura, June 20, 1971, no. 1, 160 (the issue is devoted to López Velarde).