Efraín Bartolomé

Efraín Bartolomé (Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico, 1950) is the author of over twenty books of poetry, including Ojo de jaguar (1982), Agua lustral: Poesía 1982-1987 (1994); Oficio: arder. Obra Poética 1982-1997 (1999); and El ser que somos (2006). He is the recipient of the Mexico City Prize (1982); the Aguascalientes National Poetry Award (1984); the Carlos Pellicer Prize (1992); the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize (1993); the Jaime Sabines International Poetry Prize (1996); the International Latino Arts Award (USA, 2001); and the “Veracruz Door to Mexico” World Poetry Prize (2019). His poetry has been translated into ten languages. He also is a prize-winning environmental activist and a psychotherapist.