Adela Calva Reyes (1967 – 2 March 2018) was an indigenous Mexican writer, author and playwright of the Otomi people.

Adela Calva
Born1967 (1967)
San Ildefonso, Mexico
Died2 March 2018(2018-03-02) (aged 50–51)
Pachuca, Mexico
OccupationAuthor and playwright
GenreOtomi language poetry and prose

Biography edit

Adela was born in 1967 in San Ildefonso, Tepejí del Río, State of Hidalgo.[1] She remembered poverty in her childhood.

She died on March 4, 2018, in Pachuca, State of Hidalgo.[2]

Works edit

  • Ra hua ra hiä Alas a la palabra (2008, Conaculta)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Al rescate de la lengua madre…el hñahñu Archived 2014-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Nueva Imagen, periódico de Hidalgo, March 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Lourdes Naranjo (March 4, 2018), "Fallece escritora otomí Adela Calva", El Independiente de Hidalgo (in Spanish), archived from the original on October 7, 2019, retrieved October 7, 2019