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Homero Aridjis

Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet

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Born
April 6, 1940
Age in 2026
86
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1940

About Homero Aridjis

Homero Aridjis is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist, and former ambassador and ex-president of PEN International. In 1959 he was awarded a scholarship at the Rockefeller Foundation-supported Mexico City Writing Center (Centro Mexicano de Escritores), the youngest writer to have received the award in the center's 55-year history. In 2005 the state of Michoacán awarded him the first Erendira State Prize for the Arts. In 2024 he won the Griffin Poetry Prize in Canada for Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence. After nearly losing his life at age ten in a shotgun accident, Aridjis became an avid reader and began to write poetry.

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Homero Aridjis timeline

  1. In 1959 he was awarded a scholarship at the Rockefeller Foundation-supported Mexico City Writing Center (Centro Mexicano de Escritores), the youngest writer to have received the award in the center's 55-year history.
  2. In 2005 the state of Michoacán awarded him the first Erendira State Prize for the Arts.
  3. In 2024 he won the Griffin Poetry Prize in Canada for Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence.

The world when Homero Aridjis was born

Homero Aridjis was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1940

  • #1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieRebecca
  • Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
  • Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
  • Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
  • Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
  • U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Homero Aridjis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19402026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,300$435,000
Average income$3,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population132.2M341 million

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