José Tlatelpas


Jose Tlatelpas is a Mexican poet, essayist, visual artist, journalist, publisher, writer and political activist for civil rights. He lives in Mexico City and Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been a director of several cultural and political magazines since 1972, such as, Gaceta Politécnica de Literatura y Redacción, and Poder Popular.
Among other places, he gave workshops for the INBA in Mexico, the ENEP Acatlan University; abroad, he conducted workshops in CLAVES Latinoamericanas and the Circulo de Escritores Latinoamericanos in Vancouver, Canada, and other places.
In 1985, he was a coordinator of, the Cultural Group of The Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, incorporated into the Mexican Socialist Party and finally to Morena. The Maiz Rebelde group was founded with the poet, muralist José Hernández Delgadillo, the poet Benito Balam and others. Among many other works, they published "Desde los Siglos del Maiz Rebelde", a poetry anthology with an introduction by .

Poetry

English:
  • , The Coyote Sen Klip Recordings, audiobook, music by America Mestiza,, and Susane Morgan, English, Vancouver, 1991.Sprouting from the Light, collective, poetry, Neoclassic E Press, Vancouver, English, Canada, 1991.
Spanish:Miriam Barrios o La Huilotita Mañanera, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1979.El Chalchihuite de Tlatepas, Sawarabi Supansha, Spanish, Kyoto, 1981.Poemas desde el Piso o INBATextos a las poetisas fermosas, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1985.
, by Mario Ramírez, Leopoldo Ayala and José Tlatelpas, a virtual version of the book commemorating the 40th anniversary of the student genocide in Tlatelolco, Mexico Canada, Spanish, 2008.
  • , collective of poetry about Che Guevara, published by Editorial Cibertaria, Spanish, Mexico, 2008.

Visual arts

Some artwork by José Tlatelpas in the at Bluecanvas.