Elsa Cross, (born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy. She has a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is currently a professor in that Faculty. In 1990, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes for her book of poems El diván de Antar.

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  • Elsa Cross, (born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy. She has a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is currently a professor in that Faculty. In 1990, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes for her book of poems El diván de Antar. She is also the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Poesía Jaime Sabines (in 1992). According to Octavio Paz, Elsa Cross is one of the most personal voices in recent Latin-American poetry. Her work, already considerable, includes some of the most perfect poems of the last generation of Mexican writers. I say voice and not poetic writing since poetry, although written, must always be spoken. Two opposing notes reconcile harmoniously in Elsa Cross: the complexity of her thought and the clarity of her diction.
  • Elsa Cross, es una poetisa, traductora literaria y ensayista mexicana. Es maestra y doctora en Filosofía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Actualmente es catedrática de la misma Universidad, en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, donde es profesora titular de Filosofía de la religión. Realizó estudios de Filosofía hindú en la India, donde vivió dos años, y en Estados Unidos. Ha impartido numerosos cursos sobre temas de mito y religión. Entre su obra se cuenta dos libros de ensayo y 22 de poemas. Además es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte. Según Octavio Paz: «Cross es una de las voces más personales de la última poesía latinoamericana. Su obra, ya considerable, reúne algunos de los poemas más perfectos entre los escritos por las últimas generaciones mexicanas. Digo voz y no escritura poética porque la poesía aunque se escriba, sobre todo se dice. Dos notas opuestas se conjugan armoniosamente en Elsa Cross: la complejidad del pensamiento y la diafanidad de dicción».
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  • Elsa Cross, (born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy. She has a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is currently a professor in that Faculty. In 1990, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes for her book of poems El diván de Antar.
  • Elsa Cross, es una poetisa, traductora literaria y ensayista mexicana. Es maestra y doctora en Filosofía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Actualmente es catedrática de la misma Universidad, en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, donde es profesora titular de Filosofía de la religión. Realizó estudios de Filosofía hindú en la India, donde vivió dos años, y en Estados Unidos. Ha impartido numerosos cursos sobre temas de mito y religión.
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