, 2018. He was born in
Mexico City, the son of the poets Efraín Huerta and Mireya Bravo Munguía, and was immersed from childhood in Mexico's literary environment. He studied
Philosophy, and
English and
Spanish literature at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). There he met
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño and Jesús Arellano, who published his first book of poems,
The Garden of Light. Huerta spent many years translating and editing for the
Fondo de Cultura Económica, an institution where he directed the magazine
La Gaceta del FCE. In addition to his poetry and essays, he wrote an opinion column in the political weekly
Proceso. He opposed cuts to the cultural budget by the Mexican government, struggling in particular to preserve the home of the poet
Ramón López Velarde (whose library is named after Huerta's father), which has often been threatened by a shortage of resources. His advocacy of literature and poetry was extensive as a coordinator of literary workshops in the
Casa del Lago of UNAM,
INBA, and
Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers. He was also a teacher of literature at the
Octavio Paz Foundation and the
Foundation of Mexican Letters. Of himself as a poet, Huerta said: Huerta died of
kidney failure on 3 October 2022. ==Awards and recognition==