Nephtalí De León
Poet Laureate, San Antonio, TX
Panel Information
Nephtalí De León P.O. Box 23315, San Antonio, Texas 78223
Poet Laureate of the City of San Antonio, Texas
Artist’s Background
Poet, Painter, Playwright, Muralist , Author of several published books, for children and for grown-ups; fiction and non-fiction, illustrated by the author.
Some Published Book Titles:
La LLorona, A Spirit Unable to Rest, USA and Spain, available on Amazon, published by the University of Valencia, Spain
Chicanos: Our Background & Our Pride, Univ. of Valencia, Spain
I will catch the Sun, for Grown-ups & Children, Denes Editorial, Spain
Poemes de la Resistència Chicana , Germania Editorial, Spain
Tequila Mockingbird, Drama Comedy, Trucha Publications, USA
Chicano Valentine (Corazonadas) How Chicanos fall in love, E.R., USA
5 Plays, Totinem Publications, Denver, Colorado
Hey Mr. President Man! , Poetry, Trucha Publications, USA
Chicano Poet, Trucha Publications, USA
I Color My Garden, Illustrated Children’s book, Trucha Publications, USA
Chicano Popcorn, Poetry, Educators´Roundtable, USA
Calaveras, (Día de los Muertos Poetry) Educators´Roundtable, USA
追逐太阳 (Chasing the Sun), 意林 Yilin Publications, China This one is a translation of “I Will Catch the Sun,” published in the most widely distributed publication for young people in China
El Moscas y los Pesticidas, a play commissioned by the U.S.A. Govt.,EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, performed in various cities from Seattle, Washington, to several cities in New Mexico and several other cities in Texas…
Tequila Mockingbird, is a tragicomedy about how society survives employment, unemployment, commissioned by the Dept. of Economics at the Univ. of Texas, San Antonio.
The Great Miracle, Drama, (in Aztec Nahuatl & English) on the apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe, as hosted and presented by Actor Ricardo Montalbán in the City of Los Angeles, as he was asked to be involved by Walt Disney Artist Eddie Martinez who has done much work toward taking his separate Cosmic Space Journey to the screen from his book “I Will catch the Sun.”
Published in Many Anthologies: (Several International)
Les Fils du Soleil, (Children of the Sun) by M. Roccard, La Sorbonne, Paris, France
Antolgía de Escritores , Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico City, Mexico 诗人之书 (Shīrén zhī shū) Book of Poets, 诗 歌 。中国，China
We are Chicanos, Simon & Schuster, a CBS affiliate, New York, N.Y.,USA
Contemporary Chicana Chicano Art, Published in 2 Volumes, (Artists, Works, Culture & Education), His Art Featured in both parlor size books, By Bilingual Press, University of Arizona
Many more Anthologies over the years by many publishers in USA Including his poetry in formal school textbooks in English Literature
Published in 5 Countries: USA, Mexico, France, Spain and China.
Writes English and Spanish, with Poetry translated into 12 languages, including the most spoken ones like Chinese, Russian, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Catalán…
In various WHO´s Who as a Poet, Playwright, Writer, Hispanic Authors… Numerous awards including being a FORD FELLOWSHIP recipient
Past Activities and Background:
Artist in Residence for the states of Texas, Colorado, taught Humanities and Culture at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, Humanist in Residence at UTSA in the Department of Economics, San Antonio, that commissioned an original play from him, for an International conference on Economics, as did the Federal Agency, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, using an original tailored Stage Play Drama, warning migrant field workers of the dangers of Pesticides. He created a Tragicomedy where people howled with tears and laughter at the reality they have survived. Washington was very pleased with it, telling him that only a migrant worker could have written it.
Speaker, Poet, Lecturer at Universities, Schools, Cultural Centers, and other Organizations throughout the country, from Washington, D.C. to Mexico City, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Tucson, El Paso, Puerto Rico, Hawaii…
Berkeley, Stanford, Univ. of Mexico City, Univ. of Virginia, at Richmond, all Universities in the City of San Antonio, Univ. of Washington at Seattle, Univ. of North Dakota at Fargo, Texas Tech. Univ. at Lubbock, Univ. of Colorado, at Denver, UTEP at El Paso, UTSA, Austin, Univ. of Arizona at Tucson, Univ. of New Mexico at Albuquerque… more, and many smaller colleges, public schools and Cultural Centers across the country, such as Centro Cultural Aztlan in San Antonio, Mexican American Community Center in Austin, Keynote Speaker for various Political Organizations such as Tejano Democrats of El Paso (the largest such group in Texas), Instituto Cultural de Mexico, and Institute of Texan Cultures, both in San Antonio, Texas,
Often introduced as an activist scholar, with the title of Dr., as a PhD, he tells everyone immediately that he is a migrant worker and that he barely has a high school education… “I’m still a migrant worker, out of Rio Grande City, Texas. This time I’m cultivating the gardens of the mind.”
Tel (210) 533-9490 land line, no text. (210) 978-4950 mobil
Email -- nephtali3000@hotmail.com
Website --- http://Nephtali.Net, He can also be found on Facebook, You Tube, Wikipedia and by most countries´search engines.