This Week Take a Hike With Homero Aridjis
Born in Contepec, Michoacán, Mexico, Homero Aridjis has written over fity books of poetry and prose and has won many important international literary prizes including the prix Roger Caillois, the John Hay Award from the Orion Society, two Guggenheim fellowships, and most recently the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize. Formerly Mexico’s ambassador to Switzerland, UNESCO, and the Netherlands, he is also the former president of PEN International. Often regarded as the “poetic soul,” of Mexico’s environmental movement, Aridjis founded the Group of 100 in 1985; an organization of 100 artists, authors, and scientists dedicated to preserving the natural world.