Germán List Arzubide
Jenna Patnott
Biography
1898 - 1998
Germán List Arzubide was born in Puebla, Mexico on May 31, 1898. He was not only a poet and an important memeber of the Strident Movement, but he was also a soldier in the Mexican Revolution, who fought alongside Emilio Zapata. He wrote many poems praising Zapata, and in 1927 published Zapata: Exaltation, a biography about his hero. His first major work of Strident poetry, Equina was published in 1923, and three years later he authored El movimiento estridentista (1926), a manuscript that contained an exaggerated history of the Strident Movement and a fictitious story regarding some of its participants. While Maples Acre was the founder and leader of the Strident Movement, List Arzubide established himself as second in command. Stridentism, as most of the many avent-garde movements of the 20's and 30's, glorified modern scientific and industrial development. List Arzubide died at the age of 100 on October 19, 1998.
Works by
List​
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Esquina. Poemas De Germán List Arzubide. México: LibrerÃa Cicerón, 1923. Print.
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El Movimiento Estridentista. México, D.F.: FEM, 1987. Print.
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Apuntes Historicos Sobre La Mineria En Mexico, 1970. Print.
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La Batalla del 5 de Mayo, Mexico, 1962. Print.
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Teatro Guiñol. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, 1997. Print.
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"German List Arzubide, Mexican Poet, 100." New York Times. N.p., 26 Oct. 1998. Web.
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González Osornio, Stalin, Enrique López Mendoza, and Emilio E. Bautista Salazar. "GERMAN LIST ARZUBIDE." El Cuento Desde México. WordPress, 10 Feb. 2015. <http://elcuentodesdemexico.com.mx/german-list-arzubide>. Web.
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"Germán List Arzubide." Enciclopedia De La Literatura En México. Fundación Para Las Letras Mexicanas, AC, 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.<http://www.elem.mx/autor/datos/586>. Web.
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Kirkup, James. "Obituary: Germán List Arzubide." The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 3 Nov. 1998. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
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Rashkin, Elissa. The Stridentist Movement in Mexico: The Avant-garde and Cultural Change in the 1920s. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2009. Print.
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Flores, Tatiana. Mexico's Revolutionary Avant-gardes: From Estridentismo to ¡30-30! N.p.: Yale UP, 2013. Print.
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Schneider, Luis Mario., and Germán List Arzubide. El Estridentismo, O, Una Literatura De La Estrategia. México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional Para La Cultura Y Las Artes, 1997. Print.
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Escalante, Evodio. Elevación Y CaÃda Del Estridentismo. México: Ediciones Sin Nombre, 2002. Print.
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Mora, Francisco Javier. El Ruido De Las Nueces: List Arzubide Y El Estridentismo Mexicano. Alicante: Universidad De Alicante, 1999. Print.
Works
about
List​
Images
List, Friends and Family
List and "estidentista" friends:
Ramón Alva de la Canal, Germán List Arzubide, Manuel Maples Acre, Arqueles Vela and Leopoldo Méndes. (Mexico, 1925)
List and "estidentisa" friends again:
Left to Right: Germán List Arzubide, Ramón Alva de la Canal, Manuel Maples Acre, Leopoldo Méndes and Arqueles Vela. (Xalapa, Veracruz, 1925)
List: Two photographs taken by Tina Modotti
List and Family: (right)
Germán with grandson Robin in front of statue honoring "estrindents" made by Robin and located in Chapultepec Park's Poet Lane. (1997)
Literature
Esquina
Collection of poetry written by List in 1923
El viajero en el vértice
Collection of poetry written by List in 1926
El movimiento estridenista
Comprehensive account of Strident movement written by List in 1926
Emiliano Zapata, exaltación
History of Emilana Zapata written by List in 1936
Troka el poderoso
Children's stories written by List in 1939
Videos
"El café de nadie"
VIDEO INÉDITO en La Crónica de Hoy
El estridentismo 1.
El estridentismo 2.