Humberto Ak’abal

Jun 24, 2024 | poetryfoundation.org | Humberto Ak’abal |Michael Bazzett |Janani Ambikapathy

By Humberto Ak’abal Translated By Michael Bazzett The Kʼicheʼ Mayan poet Humberto Ak’abal was born in the western highlands of Guatemala, a place his translator, Michael Bazzett, describes as holding “mountains covered in cloud forest.” This strangely enticing and obscured view of the mountains is echoed in If Today Were Tomorrow, in which the visible is often difficult to grasp.

Feb 29, 2024 | poetryfoundation.org | Humberto Ak’abal

About this Poet Humberto Ak’abal was a K’iche’ Maya poet from Guatemala. His book Guardián de la caída de agua (Guardian of the Waterfall), published by Serviprensa Centroamericana, was named book of the year by Association of Guatemalan Journalists and received their Golden Quetzal award in 1993. In...

Jan 9, 2024 | poetryfoundation.org | Humberto Ak’abal

About this Poet Humberto Ak’abal was a K’iche’ Maya poet from Guatemala. His book Guardián de la caída de agua (Guardian of the Waterfall), published by Serviprensa Centroamericana, was named book of the year by Association of Guatemalan Journalists and received their Golden Quetzal award in 1993. In...

Jan 5, 2024 | milkweed.org | Humberto Ak’abal |Michael Bazzett

A masterful bilingual collection of poems rooted in K’iche’ Maya culture illustrating all the ways meaning manifests within our world, and how best to behold it. “My language was born among trees, / it holds the taste of earth; / my ancestors’ tongue is my home.” So writes Humberto Ak’abal, a K’iche’ Maya poet born in the western highlands of Guatemala.

Nov 2, 2023 | thecommononline.org | Humberto Ak’abal

By HUMBERTO AK’ABALTranslated from the Spanish by MICHAEL BAZZETTHumberto Ak’abal (1952-2019) is widely known in Guatemala.