Homero Aridjis is a poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist, and diplomat known for his rich imagination, poetry of lyrical beauty, and ethical independence. He is the recipient of a Mexican Writers’ Center Fellowship, a French government fellowship, and two Guggenheim Fellowships. He is the author of seventeen books of poetry, ten of which have been translated into English. His book, Exaltation of Light, was translated by Eliot Weinberger and published by BOA Editions in 1981.