Biography
Nandino was born in
Cocula, Jalisco. As a boy, he was brought up in the
Catholic religion and served as an
altar boy. He also attended Catholic school. Nandino was friends with boys who were able to express their homosexual desires secretly and discreetly at the schools. Nandino wished to support younger gay writers. He was editor of several publications and promoter of writing workshops. In the last years of his life he received numerous awards both for his career as a poet and for his support to literature in Mexico, such as the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize (1979) and the
National Prize for Literature (1982). He died in
Guadalajara, Jalisco at the age of 93. == Poetry ==
Poetry
Nandino's poetry uses both "romanticism and symbolism" and he is very much a provocative dissident who wanted to "erode the mystique around sexuality." His poetry often deals with contradictions in both how he felt about religion, homosexuality and eroticism. His collection,
Erotismo al rojo blanco/Eroticism at a Burning White, was given Mexico's highest literary prize in 1983. He often uses the
sonnet form. ==Publications==
Publications
• Espiral, 1928 • Décimas a mi muerte, 1930 • Color de ausencia, 1932 • Eco, 1934 • Río de sombra, 1935 • Sonetos, 1937 • Poemas árboles, 1938 • Nuevos sonetos, 1939 • Nudo de sombras, 1947 • Espejo de mi muerte, 1945 • Poesía I, 1947 • Poesía II, 1949 • Naufragio de la duda, 1950 • Triángulo de silencios, 1953 • Nocturna suma, 1955 • Nocturno amor, 1958 • Nocturno día, 1959 • Nocturna palabra, 1960 • Eternidad del polvo, 1970 • Cerca de lo lejos, 1979 • Costumbre de morir a diario, 1982 • Erotismo al rojo blanco, 1983 • Todos mis nocturnos, 1988 • Ciclos terrenales, 1989. • El coronelito, 1991 (stories). • Banquete íntimo, 1993 (edited posthumously). • Juntando mis pasos, 2000 (autobiography). • Selected Poems, in Spanish and English, 2010, (translated and with an introduction by Don Cellini). == References ==