Sergio Loo Explained

Sergio Loo
Birth Date:15 April 1982
Birth Place:Mexico City
Death Date:28 January 2014
Death Place:Mexico City
Occupation:Writer

Sergio Carrillo Loo (April 15, 1982 in Ciudad de México – January 28, 2014) was a Mexican poet and novelist.

Biography

Sergio Loo was born on 15 April 1982 in Mexico City. He graduated from the Escuela de la Sociedad General de Escritores de México (SOGEM)[1] and the Especialización en Literatura Mexicana del Siglo XX (UAM Azcapotzalco).[2] He was the recipient Poesía de Jóvenes Creadores grant from the National Endowment for Culture and the Arts in Mexico (FONCA) between 2013 and 2014, and he was a contributor to national publications, while participating in various cultural projects. From 1997 to 2003, he formed part of the Parodia de Vivos, a multidisciplinary collective, and was preparing an anthology of Mexican poets born after 1977.[3]

He collaborated in Fantasiofrénia, Antología del cuento dañado (2003), Paso al Frente (2004), Descifrar el Laberinto (2005) El fungible: especial de relatos (2006).[4] In 2006, he published his first book of poems titled Claveles automáticos with Harakiri plaquettes, 2006.[5] In 2007, he published Sus brazos labios en mi boca rodando (Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, 2007),[6] with a digital version that was published in 2013 by the Spanish publishing house Foc.[7] In 2010, he received a grant to study abroad at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.[8]

In 2012, he published Guía Roji (IVEC, 2012).[9] After his death, the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León published Postales desde mi cabeza (UANL, 2014).[10] In November 2015, Ediciones Acapulco published the posthumous book Operación al cuerpo enfermo,[11] in which the lines between artistic, literary and sexual genres are erased to serve one vital purpose: to bear witness to the author's path toward death.[12]

In addition to dedicating himself to poetry and narrative texts, Loo also participated as co-scriptwriter for the short films Atmósfera (2010) and Nubes flotantes (2013), and for the feature film Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo  (2014) by Mexican director Julián Hernández. Hernández also directed the short film Muchachos en la azotea (2016), based on one of Loo's ideas.

Death

Sergio Loo died in Mexico City on 28 January 2014, at the age of 31 due to complications from the cancer that had been detected in his leg in 2011. He never denied his homosexuality, an integral element to understanding his work.[13]

Poetry

Novel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rodríguez. Ana Mónica. 29 January 2014. Fallece en la Ciudad de México el escritor y poeta Sergio Loo. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030117/http://www.garuyo.com/arte-y-cultura/muere-el-escritor-y-poeta-sergio-loo. 2 February 2017. 22 January 2017. La Jornada. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Adán Echeverría, Armando Pacheco. Del silencio hacia la luz: Mapa Poético de México. Poetas Nacidos en el período 1960 – 1989. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030117/http://www.garuyo.com/arte-y-cultura/muere-el-escritor-y-poeta-sergio-loo. 2 February 2017. 22 January 2017. Garuyo. Spanish.
  3. Web site: NOTIMEX. 29 January 2014. Muere el poeta mexicano Sergio Loo. 22 January 2017. Milenio. Spanish.
  4. Web site: Blanco. Avril. 28 January 2014. Falleció el poeta Sergio Loo. 22 January 2017. Tierra Adentro. Revista Tierra Adentro. Spanish.
  5. Web site: NOTIMEX. 28 January 2014. Murió Sergio Loo, poeta y narrador mexicano. 29 January 2014. El Siglo de Torreón.
  6. Web site: Andrei. Vásquez. Sus brazos labios en mi boca rodando. 22 January 2017. Periódico de Poesía. UNAM. Spanish.
  7. Web site: Blanco. Avril. Falleció el poeta Sergio Loo.. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130022355/http://www.tierraadentro.conaculta.gob.mx/fallecio-el-poeta-sergio-loo-se-quedan-las-palabras-vibrando-esas-para-siempre/. 30 January 2014. 29 January 2014. Tierra Adentro.
  8. Web site: Minila. Jonathan. ENTRE PALABRAS Y SILENCIOS: La poética de Sergio Loo. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202013128/http://guardagujas.lja.mx/2013/12/la-poetica-de-sergio-loo/. 2017-02-02. 22 January 2017. LJA.MX. Spanish.
  9. Web site: Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura (IVEC). 22 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Minila. Jonathan. 11 June 2016. Sortear el miedo. 22 January 2017. Milenio. Spanish.
  11. Web site: Rodríguez. Xitlalitl. 15 February 2016. La pura puntita: Operación al cuerpo enfermo.. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202084852/https://www.vice.com/es_mx/article/la-pura-puntita-operacion-al-cuerpo-enfermo. 2 February 2017. 22 January 2017. Vice. Spanish.
  12. Web site: Minila. Jonathan. 21 July 2014. Especial de narrativa: Operación al cuerpo enfermo. 21 January 2017. Vice. Spanish.
  13. Web site: Téllez-Pon. Sergio. 4 February 2014. Sergio Loo: Enfermedad y espíritu. 22 January 2017. Tierra Adentro. Revista Tierra Adentro. Spanish.

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