births
January 16, 1897
Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (died 1977)
Carlos Pellicer
Carlos Pellicer Cámara was part of the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was active in the promotion of Mexican art, pictures, and literature. An enthusiastic traveler, his work is filled with depictions of nature and a certain sexual energy that is shared with his contemporary Octavio Paz.