Carlos Montemayor (June 13, 1947 in Parral, Chihuahua – February 28, 2010 in Mexico City) was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous languages. He was a Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.

Montemayor died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010.^[1]

Awards and honors

• 1990 José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature^[2]

Works

Novel

• Mal de piedra (Blood relations, 1980)
• Minas del retorno (Gambusino, 1982)
• Guerra en el paraíso (1997)
• Los informes secretos (1999)
• Las armas del alba (2003)
• La fuga (2007)

Narrative

• Las llaves de Urgell (1971)
• El alba y otros cuentos (1986)
• Operativo en el trópico (1994)
• Cuentos gnósticos (1997)
• La tormenta y otras historias (1999)

Poetry

• Las armas del viento (1977)
• Abril y otros poemas (1979)
• Finisterra (Finisterra and other poems, 1982)
• Abril y otras estaciones (1989)
• Poesía (1977-1996) (1997)
• Antología personal (2001)
• Apuntes del exilio (2010)