Autores Muertos: Letras Vivas

Oct 3–Nov 17, 2024

On view from October 3rd to November 17th

2024 Día de Muertos ofrendas is inspired by the current installation, Librería Donceles, and is dedicated to a variety of dead authors, as an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of many literary heroes.

Our 2024 Día de Muertos Ofrenda Exhibition include ofrendas to:

OFRENDA TO PASCUALA CORONA

B. March 21, 1917, Mexico City
D. January 20, 2015 (age 97 years), Mexico City
By Dahlia Jiménez

OFRENDA TO JUAN RULFO

B. May 16, 1917, San Gabriel, Mexico
D. January 7, 1986 (age 68 years), Mexico City, Mexico
By Dr. Saúl Jimenez-Sandoval

OFRENDA TO ROSARIO CASTELLANOS

B. May 25, 1925, Mexico City
D. August 7, 1974 (age 49 years), Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
By Roeski Doeski & Jennie Guerrero

OFRENDA TO CARLOS FUENTES

B. November 11, 1928, Panama City
D May 15, 2012 (age 83 years), Mexico City
By Juan José Valdez Hirales

OFRENDA TO SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ

B. November 12, 1648, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
D. April 17, 1695 (age 46 years), Mexico City
By Karina Cárdenas y Dolly Lopez (Grupo REFORMA Del Valle Central)

OFRENDA TO PURA BELPRÉ

B. February 2nd, 1899, Cidra, Puerto Rico
D. 1982 (82 years), Nueva York
By Madera Teacher Residency Program (Cohort 5):

Yasmín López Ramírez, Jeanette Torres, Melissa Ríos-Cortés, Yvonne Cisneros, Brenda Esparza, Miguel Bautista, Rosa María Rosales Venegas, Karen Tovar, Oswaldo Fernández-Hernández, Yulisa Ríos-Cortés, Emily Castillo y Emanuel Alvarado-Victoria.

OFRENDA TO GLORIA ANZALDÚA

B. September 26, 1942, Harlingen, Texas
D. May 15, 2004, Santa Cruz, California
By Stephanie Ayon, Corina Correa, and Natalie Vasquez

OFRENDA TO REFAAT ALAREER

B. 23 September 1979, Gaza City
D. 6 December 2023 (aged 44) at Shuja’iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip
By Caleb Duarte

OFRENDA TO JORGE LUIS BORGES

B.  August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina
D. June 14, 1986 (age 86 years), Geneva, Switzerland
By Juan Karlo Muro (Studio Mala) Vicente Velázquez III & Claire Evans. Collectively known as A is A.