Efraín Velasco

Efraín Velasco is a multidisciplinary Mexican author whose poetry collections include Un filo de luz (2020); Juchitán Tiembla (2020); Gretel vuelve sola… (2018); 4′ 33″ (2015); Sostiene Grunion (2015); a version of the poetry of Mark Statman, Chicatanas: Breve Antología; and & Mi Voz Tokonoma (2008), for which he was awarded the Elías Nandino National Poetry Prize.

He has represented Mexico at literary events in Colombia, the United States, Venezuela, and Serbia; and his work has been included in over a dozen anthologies, including El lejano oriente en la poesía mexica (Elsa Cross, ed.), País de sangre y fuego (Jorge Esquinca, ed.), and A Bibliography of Conceptual Writing (Florin Ionescu, ed.).

His expanded literature has been exhibited in Mexico and abroad, in forums such as the Codex Biennial and the Blaffer and Chrysler Museums (USA); El Matadero, La Nau Cultural Center (Spain); and the National Museum of Fine Arts (Chile).