Manuel Becerra Salazar

Manuel Becerra Salazar (born October 8, 1983, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican poet. He is the author of six books of poetry, including his award-winning Canciones para adolescentes fumando en un claro del bosque. He has won five other national poetry prizes for his work. His work appears in three anthologies. He has worked as a translator and teaches creative writing for several foundations and has taught for the Secretary of Culture in Mexico. In 2019, the Emily Dickinson museum selected one of his poems translated in English to be installed in the streets of Amherst, Massachusetts for their project called The Art of Rain Poetry.[1] He has been a poet in residency in the Omi Art Center in New York[2], the University of Stockton in New Jersey[3], and the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa[4]. His poetry has been translated to Italian, English, and French.

Manuel Becerra Salazar
Born (1983-10-08) October 8, 1983
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Writer
  • Teacher
LanguageSpanish (Poems)
NationalityMexican
GenrePoetry
Notable worksInstrucciones para matar un caballo
Children1

Published works

Books
  • Cantata Castrati, (Editorial Colibrí, 2004)
  • Los alumbrados, (Estado de México, 2008)
  • Canciones para adolescentes fumando en un claro del bosque, (Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México, 2011) 
  • Instrucciones para matar un caballo, (Conaculta/FONCA, México, 2013)
  • Al interior del que duerme, una cueva ilustrada, (Monte Carmelo Ediciones, 2020)

Anthologies
  • El Lejano Oriente en la poesía mexicana, (Vaso Roto Ediciones/ Conaculta)
  • Otras voces nos agitan, (Capítulo Siete Ediciones, Ciudad de México, 2019)
  • The Americas Poetry Festival of New York, (Arte Poetica Press, NY, 2017)

Awards
Year Award
2019 Premio Nacional de Poesía Alonso Vidal
2016 Premio Nacional de Poesía Ciudad del Carmen
2014 Premio Nacional de Poesía Enriqueta Ochoa [5]
2013 Premio Nacional de Poesía José Francisco Conde
2010 Premio Nacional de Poesía Ramón López Velarde
2008 Premio Nacional de Poesía Enrique González Rojo
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References
  1. "The Art of Rain Poetry". emilydickinsonmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  2. "Manuel Becerra". The Poetry Project. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  3. DiGiorgio, Emari. "World Above Welcomes Manuel Becerra". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. "2019 Residency | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. Passes, Pipa (2016-10-26). "Tokio & Otros Poemas, de Manuel BECERRA SALAZAR". Buenos Aires Poetry (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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