José Vicente Anaya (January 22, 1947 – August 1, 2020) was a Mexican writer, poet and cultural journalist.

Anaya was born on January 22, 1947, in Villa Coronado, Chihuahua, Mexico.

[1] He wrote over thirty books and was part of the Infrarealism poetry movement in Mexico City.

He also translated poems of Allen Ginsberg and Carl Sandburg.

[2] Anaya died on August 1, 2020, in Mexico City, aged 73.