Luis Enrique Sam Colop or Sam-Colop (born in Cantel, 1955, died July 15, 2011) was a Guatemalan/Native American linguist,[1] [2] lawyer, poet, writer, newspaper columnist,[3] promoter of the K'iche' language, and social activist.
Sam Colop graduated in Law at the Rafael Landivar University[5][6] and obtained his Ph.D. at SUNY, Buffalo in 1994 with a dissertation on Maya poetry.
[7] He taught K'iche' Language at the Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala.
Starting in 1999 he was a Fulbright-sponsored visiting scholar at St. Mary's College of Maryland[8] Published works by Luis Sam-Colop include two poem collections, Versos sin refugio [9] and La copa y la raíz[10] as well as various essays and articles.
[11] He is best known outside Guatemala for a new edition of the Popol Vuh in the native language.