LITERATURE
interview by ALEPH MOLINARI and OLIVIER ZAHM
photography by OLIVIER ZAHM
greek-mexican poet, novelist, and environmental activist homero aridjis is known for his pantheistic imagination and poetic lyricism. at 81, he is a major figure of latin american literature, alongside octavio paz, carlos fuentes, and gabriel garcía márquez. the author of over 50 books, he incarnates the power of myth and words in a country with 69 indigenous languages
OLIVIER ZAHM — Do you feel that your Greek origin blends with the Mexican pre-Hispanic tradition, both pre-dating Christianity? Is it the source of your universalism?
HOMERO ARIDJIS — I am the child of two mythologies, the Greek and the Mexican. I come from a small town in central Mexico that doesn’t have the strong culture of the Maya or Aztecs, but rather a mestizo culture. Because of my father, who was Greek, I also had the presence of…