Luis Aguilar

Luis Aguilar Martínez (12 December 1969 – 15 December 2022) was a Mexican poet, essayist, narrator, and translator. He was the author of Debe ser ya noviembre (Cuadrivio Ediciones, 2019), Muchachos que no besan en la boca (Vaso Roto Ediciones, 2017), Libre de sospecha: Antología boreal (UANL, 2016) and Los ojos ya deshechos (Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco, 2007), among other books. Biography Aguilar was born in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, and resided in Monterrey, Nuevo León, for over thirty years. He was a professor of Literature and Journalism at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and was one of the most notable and recognized poets in writing about sexual diversity and homoeroticism in Mexico. He was a fellow at the Centro de Escritores de Nuevo León in essay (2000) and novel (2003). He was a prolific writer, the author of more than twenty books in which he cultivated poetry and narrative forms, and in addition was a specialized translator, and both a promoter of and a journalist about culture and the arts. Among his books of poetry are: Tartaria, Mantel de tulipanes amarillos, Los ojos ya deshechos, La entranhable costume o El libro de Felipe, Decoración de interiores, Os olhos já desfeitos, Fruta de temporada, Ground Glass/Vidrio Molido, Gatos de ninguna parte, Eyes already ruined, No quimio, Travestiario, Libre de sospecha: Antología boreal, Diario de Yony Paz, Muchachos que no besan en la boca, Los cuerpos imprevistos, He decidido casarme cuando acabe la guerra and Vampires never say goodbye. His work has been included in the following collections: Verso Norte (PostData Editores, 2009); Los primeros once (Fondo Editorial Nuevo León, 2010); Territorios de la violencia (Conarte, 2007); Versos veraniegos (Conarte, 2006); La difícil brevedad (CRIPIL Noreste, 2008); Poesia (Rumania, 2011); Trece mantis en un jardín germano/Dreizehn Mantis in einem deutschen Garten (Colegio de Puebla, 2013); Caravansary (Colegio de Puebla, 2014); Versiones acústicas (Mantis Editores, 2014); Después del desierto: nuevo cuento regiomontano (Analfabeta Editores,2016); and Once cuentos rusos (Ficticia Ediciones, 2018). The number of Aguilar's books dedicated to poetry indicated the inclination he had in his writing: "Poetry is a genre that gives the most satisfaction to Aguilar in his writing. In it, his creative capacity is evident. But not everything is honeyed leaflets, at times poetic creation is complicated.