Overview
- The Palacio de Bellas Artes hosted a centenary event that filled the Manuel M. Ponce hall to honor Jaime Sabines, the Mexican poet born in 1926 in Chiapas.
- Literary critic Mónica Mansour called him possibly the most read and shared poet in Mexico today and said his everyday language masks bold metaphors that jolt the reader.
- The program featured poet Efraín Bartolomé recalling his teenage discovery of Tarumba, journalist Pilar Trejo Jiménez reading interview fragments, and poet Homero Aridjis joining the tribute.
- Organizers highlighted how crowds have long requested Sabines’ signature piece Los amorosos at readings, showing his reach far beyond typical poetry audiences.
- Speakers traced his rise from early work selling cattle feed and collecting milk to early acclaim with Horal and later canonization in UNAM’s Recuento de poemas, noting his wary stance toward literary salons.