Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, March 25, 1926-Mexico City; March 19, 1999) was a Mexican poet and politician, recognized as one of the great Mexican poets of the 20th century. As a writer, he was very productive; although he began disseminating his poetry at the age of 18 with "Horal", his first poetry collection, it was in 1950 that he started a series of publications that would end just a few years before his death. Sabines acknowledged the importance of technical study for his evolution as a writer, to find his own personality, while still drawing inspiration from Neruda or Lorca, among his other strong influences. His love for his father was captured in a poem that the author himself considered his best work, "Algo sobre la muerte del mayor Sabines".
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