Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano

Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano (Mexico City, January 3, 1899 – Mexico City, April 13, 1949)^[1] was a modern Mexican poet, literary critic, editor, and teacher.^[2]

Born(1899-01-03)January 3, 1899

Mexico City

DiedApril 13, 1949(1949-04-13) (aged 50)

Mexico City

Occupationswriter, literary critic, editor, teacher

Genrespoetry, essays, biographies

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Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano
Born	(1899-01-03)January 3, 1899 Mexico City
Died	April 13, 1949(1949-04-13) (aged 50) Mexico City
Occupations	writer, literary critic, editor, teacher
Writing career
Genres	poetry, essays, biographies
Notable works	Sueño y poesía, 1952

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Ortiz de Montellano visited the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. He taught at the Escuela de Verano, a school of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and served as bookrevisor of the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP).^[3]

He was member of the literary group Nuevo Ateneo de la Juventud, which was founded in 1918 by Ortiz de Montellano, Jaime Torres Bodet, José Gorostiza, and others. The members of the group wrote for magazines and journals. In 1928 he was co-founder of the magazine "Contemporáneos" and was director of it from June 1928 through December 1931. He was also an occasional editor of the literary magazine "Letras de México", published from 1937 to 1947,^[2] chief-editor of "El Trovador", and was co-founder of the Cuadernos Americanos group.^[3]