Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lavín Cerda, Hernán
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Lavín Cerda, Hernán, 1939-
Other form(s) of name
- Lavin Cerda, Hernan
- Hernan Lavin Cerda
- Hernán Lavín Cerda
- Cerda, Hernan Lavin
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1939-
History
Hernán Lavín Cerda is a poet who was born in Chile in 1939. Merton first contacts him in 1965, regarding some help he sought in regard to the translation of some poems. Lavín Cerda had to flee Chile after the military coup of 1973 and settled in Mexico City as a professor. He continued to write poetry and published a number of volumes. (Source: «The Courage for Truth», p. 204.)