Alí Chumacero

Alí Chumacero Lora (9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet, translator, literary critic and editor.

In 1937 he went to Mexico City planning to study Philosophy and Literature at UNAM, but he could not immediately enroll due to having failed some courses in high school.

[1] In 1940, while studying at the university, he founded the magazine Tierra Nueva, along with Jorge González Durán, Leopoldo Zea y José Luis Martínez, which was in circulation until 1942.

[4] Chumacero's works include: In 2008 he received a homage in the Palacio de Bellas Artes on the occasion of his 90th birthday, attended by some of his friends such as Carlos Montemayor, and Eduardo Lizalde.

[8] The Ali Chumacero People's Theater was inaugurated in 1987 in Tepic, and is the most important cultural venue in the state of Nayarit.