Alejandro Aura (Mexico City, Mexico; March 2, 1944 â€" Madrid, Spain;
July 30, 2008) was a Mexican writer, essayist, poet, playwright and
actor, as well as a culture promoter and television host.Alejandro
Aura was born on March 2, 1944, to a family from the San Rafael
borough of Mexico City. His father Olimpo Aura Pineda was a
mathematician, and his mother Ema Palacios Ordorica, whose grandfather
Manuel Ordorica worked at the National Palace of Mexico with President
Porfirio DÃaz, was descendant of an aristocratic family. From a young
age, Alejandro developed a passion for literature writing poetry,
plays, essays, short fiction and fiction. He was also characterized by
his political activism by participating actively in the student
movement of 1968.[1]Besides his literary activities, he was director
of the Theater and Dance department of the National Autonomous
University of Mexico.[2] In March, 1995, Aura created the national
reading club "Aureolas" in his cultural bar "El hijo del cuervo'" in
Coyoacán, where he presented several artistic, cultural and social
activities between 1984 and 1999.[2] In 1998, he created and directed
the Institute of Culture of Mexico City (nowadays, Secretary of
Culture) during Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas' term as Head of Government,
until 2001.[1] During his term, Aura promoted the use of public spaces
for cultural activities and created reading clubs.[1] He was director
of the Institute of Culture of Mexico in Madrid, Spain from July,
2001, to December, 2003.[2]He got first married to Elsa Cross, with
whom he had a daughter, Cecilia Aura Cross (1968-2007), then to Emma
Ruiz and to actress Verónica Langer, with whom he had a son, Pablo
Aura.[3] He later married Carmen Boullosa, with whom he had two
children: MarÃa and Juan Aura.[1] In Madrid, he met his last wife,
Milagros Revenega, with whom he spent his last days. Alejandro Aura
died on July 30, 2008 in Madrid.
July 30, 2008) was a Mexican writer, essayist, poet, playwright and
actor, as well as a culture promoter and television host.Alejandro
Aura was born on March 2, 1944, to a family from the San Rafael
borough of Mexico City. His father Olimpo Aura Pineda was a
mathematician, and his mother Ema Palacios Ordorica, whose grandfather
Manuel Ordorica worked at the National Palace of Mexico with President
Porfirio DÃaz, was descendant of an aristocratic family. From a young
age, Alejandro developed a passion for literature writing poetry,
plays, essays, short fiction and fiction. He was also characterized by
his political activism by participating actively in the student
movement of 1968.[1]Besides his literary activities, he was director
of the Theater and Dance department of the National Autonomous
University of Mexico.[2] In March, 1995, Aura created the national
reading club "Aureolas" in his cultural bar "El hijo del cuervo'" in
Coyoacán, where he presented several artistic, cultural and social
activities between 1984 and 1999.[2] In 1998, he created and directed
the Institute of Culture of Mexico City (nowadays, Secretary of
Culture) during Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas' term as Head of Government,
until 2001.[1] During his term, Aura promoted the use of public spaces
for cultural activities and created reading clubs.[1] He was director
of the Institute of Culture of Mexico in Madrid, Spain from July,
2001, to December, 2003.[2]He got first married to Elsa Cross, with
whom he had a daughter, Cecilia Aura Cross (1968-2007), then to Emma
Ruiz and to actress Verónica Langer, with whom he had a son, Pablo
Aura.[3] He later married Carmen Boullosa, with whom he had two
children: MarÃa and Juan Aura.[1] In Madrid, he met his last wife,
Milagros Revenega, with whom he spent his last days. Alejandro Aura
died on July 30, 2008 in Madrid.
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