Ortiz de Montellano, Bernardo, 1899-

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Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano, a native of Mexico City, was a student at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, where he met and began collaborating with the writers who would become part of the literary group the Contemporáneos. In 1928 he co-founded the literary magazine CONTEMPORANEOS and served as its editor from 1929 to 1931. Ortiz de Montellano translated Nahuatl poetry and published LA POESIA INDIGENA DE MEXICO, in which he analysed the poetry of the POPOL-VUH and CHILAM BALAM DE CHUMAYEL.

From the description of Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano papers, 1909-1979 (bulk 1919-1947) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82032388

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referencedIn Leal, Luis, 1907-2010. Luis Leal papers, 1946-1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Ortiz de Montellano, Bernardo, 1899-1949. Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano papers, 1909-1979 (bulk 1919-1947) Princeton University Library
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associatedWith Leal, Luis, 1907-2010. person
associatedWith Nervo, Amado, 1870-1919. person
associatedWith Torres Bodet, Jaime, 1902-1974. person
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Mexico
France
United States
Subject
Contemporáneos (Group of writers)
Critics
Dramatists, Spanish
Latin American literature
Mexican essays
Mexican literature
Mexican poetry
Poets, Spanish
Translators
Occupation
Poets, Mexican
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Birth 1899-01-03

Death 1949-04-13

Mexicans

French,

English,

Spanish; Castilian

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