Natalio Hernández


Natalio Hernández Hernández, also known as Natalio Hernández Xocoyotzin and by the pseudonym José Antonio Xokoyotsij, is a Mexican Nahua intellectual and poet, from Lomas del Dorado, Ixhuatlan de Madero the state of Veracruz. He is a founder of the Asociación de los Escritores en Lenguas Indígenas, the Casa de los Escritores en Lenguas Indígenas, and the Alianza Nacional de Profesionales Indígenas Bilingües. Since 2013 he is a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, the Mexican Language Academy.
Hernández was born 1947 in Naranjo Dulce, a small settlement in the municipality of Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz.

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