Red Fernando Benítez works to commemorate his 25th anniversary

With the launch of two new reditions of THE BOOK OF DISASTERS y The city that lostS, titles that have been exhausted for years, in co -edition with Era, the DR Ildefonso Vázquez Santos Foundation (FIVS) pays tribute to the journalist Fernando Benítez on his 25th Luc as an anniversary, which is fulfilled on Friday.

It is about continuing to keep in force the legacy of the also writer, anthropologist and diplomat, an essential character in the culture of Mexico. Without a doubt, the best recognition that can be done is to go to his work, meet her, promote hersaid a The day Jorge Vázquez González, president of the IVFS, an instance that since 2010 protects the author’s personal and professional archives.

THE BOOK OF DISASTERS It was originally published in 1988. This is A classic work not only of Benítez’s bibliography, but in the Mexican editorial fieldwhich offers a critical and deep vision of the disappearance and destruction of cultural heritage.

Meanwhile, The city we lost, who saw the light in 2000, year of the author’s death, brings together the journalist’s youth writings (from 1934 to 1938), in which it addresses the interests that would consolidate it in time as a journalist, historian and anthropologist: the indigenous world, the colonial era, the nineteenth century and Mexico City.

With these titles, Jorge Vázquez added, add six books by Fernando Benítez those who have claimed new life in their search for new readers: in 2023 they also appeared, in conjunction with era editions, In the magical land of Peyote, History of a Cora shaman y The amazing fungias well as the volume Of the conquest of independence.

In addition to a prolific writer, Benítez was a tireless defender of cultural diversity and the preservation of indigenous roots in Mexico. His legacy lasts not only in his literary work, but also in his impact on the country’s cultural and literary consciousness.

The DR Ildefonso Vázquez Santos Foundation, whose headquarters are located in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, is a private institution “that properly protects the Fernando Benítez fund, composed of its personal library of more than 12 thousand volumes, its correspondence and original documents , as well as its pre -Hispanic art collection.

“He was the founder of the cultural supplements that promoted thought and arts in Mexico during the second half of the twentieth century, author of a genuine and architect narrative work of a fundamental contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the original peoples, bridge builder Cultural between Mexico and other countries, but above all a brilliant, generous, cheerful person.

All that endearing spirit of this exceptional human being, and all the cultural value of the intellectual and the promoter, is concentrated in this background, which can be visited and known, by appointment, in the IVFS (Fundacionvazquezsantos.org).

The also founder of The day and professor of dozens of generations of journalists at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the UNAM was born in Mexico City on January 16, 1912 and died in this same city on February 21, 2000.

Among its vast bibliography, the collection of five volumes of chronicles, reports and anthropological essays entrusted stands The Indians of Mexico, that we project in the future to put in a circulation again in conjunction with eraconcluded Jorge Vázquez González.

This Friday, the Literature Coordination of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, presents a talk dedicated to the memory of Fernando Benítez in which the journalist Celso José Garza will participate. The appointment is at 5 pm through the social networks of the Alfonsina Chapel and the aforementioned coordination.