Los Contemporáneos

Los Contemporáneos roughly translates as "The Contemporaries" and is the name of a culturally and socially engaged group in Mexico that was founded around 1930 by young intellectuals . The name of the group is derived from the magazine "Contemporáneos" published by the members since 1928.

Founding members

• Salvador Novo
• Xavier Villaurrutia
• Jaime Torres Bodet
• Gilberto Owen
• José Gorostiza
• Carlos Pellicer
• Jorge Cuesta
• Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano

Web links

• Official website
• Salvador A. Oropesa: The Contemporáneos Group: rewriting Mexico in the thirties and forties , University of Texas Press, 2003. ISBN 0292760574