Carlos Monsiváis Mural - Tijuana, Mexico
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N 32° 32.210 W 117° 02.170
11S E 496603 N 3599942
Carlos Monsiváis was a well-known Mexican writer and journalist.
Waymark Code: WMHAQN
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Date Posted: 06/16/2013
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This mural which is on a side of the building very close to the US border, has a large depiction of Mexican writer Carlos Monsiváis. There are several cats in the mural...and Monsiváis was known for having many cats and usually doing interviews with them on his lap.
There are also depictions of other people and a cartoon-like character...presumably these were subjects of his publications.
The poster of this Waymark could not discern the name of the artist or a date.
Wikipedia (
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"Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors.[5] His generation of writers includes Elena Poniatowska, José Emilio Pacheco, and Carlos Fuentes. Monsiváis has won more than 33 awards, including the 1986 Jorge Cuesta Prize (named after a fellow writer about whom he wrote a book), the 1989 Mazatlán Prize, and the 1996 Xavier Villaurrutia Award. Considered a leading intellectual of his time, Monsiváis documented contemporary Mexican themes, values, class struggles, and societal change in his essays, books and opinion pieces. He was a staunch critic of the long-ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), leaned towards the left-wing, and was ubiquitous in disseminating his views on radio and television. As a founding member of "Gatos Olvidados", Monsiváis wanted his and other "forgotten cats" to be provided for beyond his lifetime."