Hugo Gutiérrez Vega

Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (February 20, 1934 – September 25, 2015) was a Mexican poet, lawyer, writer, academic, actor and translator.

In an October 2007 interview with La Jornada, Gutiérrez noted that he had written one book in every foreign city in which he had lived, including Washington D.C., Rio de Janeiro, London, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[1] His poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Russian and Romanian.

[1] He was also a professor of Humanities and the Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

[1] He also held the position of consul general of Mexico in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.