Xavier Villaurrutia

Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called ''Autos profanos'', compiled in the work ''Poesía y teatro completos'', published in 1953. Starting in the late 1930s, Villaurrutia's work reflects his preoccupation with death. He wrote about feeling a nostalgia for death, and about invitations to death. Provided by Wikipedia