Martha Madrigal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Madrigal and the second or maternal family name is Castillejos.
Martha Madrigal
BornMartha Madrigal Castillejos
1929
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico[1]
DiedJanuary 22, 2021 (aged 91)[2]
OccupationPoet and storyteller
GenreHaiku
Notable works
  • Haikais
  • Cónclave de signos. Antología poética
  • Me gusta escribir poesía

Martha Madrigal Castillejos (1929 — 22 January 2021) was a Mexican poet and storyteller. Among her works are Haikais (2000), Cónclave de signos, Antología poética (2020), and Me gusta escribir poesía.[3] In 2014 she cooperated with flautist Horacio Franco to record Enamorada travesía, a dialog about love that combined the spoken language and the flute.[2]

On 19 September 2019, Madrigal and Franco gave a concert accompanied by the "Antiqva Metropoli orquestra", directed by Juan Luis Mátuz in honor of the rescue workers from the 2017 Puebla earthquake in which 370 people died and 6,000 were injured.[4]

Martha Madrigal Castillejos died from COVID-19 at the age of 91 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5]

  1. ^ "Muere por coronavirus la poeta Martha Madrigal". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in European Spanish). Informador. January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Falleció la poeta Martha Madrigal por Covid-19". www.jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Martha Madrigal, maestra del haiku en México". Gobierno de Mexico, Secretaria de Cultura. January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Fallece Martha Madrigal, maestra chiapanecas del haiku". Chiapasparalelo (in Mexican Spanish). Chiapas Parelelo. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Muere a causa de Covid-19, la poeta Martha Madrigal". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.