Maricela Guerrero

Maricela Guerrero is a Mexican poet and writer.

After obtaining a Master’s degree in Latin American Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Guerrero published her first poetry collection Desde las ramas una guacamaya, which was inspired by walks and runs, in 2006. In 2008 and 2010 she received the Young Creators Scholarship from FONCA. She published several other poetry collections among which are Se llaman nebulosas (2010), De lo perdido, lo hallado (2015), and El sueño de toda célula (2018), for which she was awarded the Clemencia Isaura Prize. Since 2018, she has been a part of the National Network of Art Creators.

At times, Maricela Guerrero’s poetry takes the reader to different times and places, immersing them in the experiences of the characters of these places. Guerrero’s poems are closely connected to nature. She questions the way we relate to nature and each other in today’s culture, proposing a harmonization of community and the natural world. She does this by blending scientific and poetic language, creating an occasionally indecipherable web. Whether she is writing about humanity’s impact on nature or family and everyday life, she maintains a critical view of the world and a passionate style.

Guerrero is also interested in the conditions society imposes on women and how they navigate these pressures, which, next to youth and queer love is the topic of her first novel Bronce dorado (2023). The performative project #RopaSucia, which she organized together with Xitlalitl Rodríguez and Paula Abramo in 2015, aimed to expose the invisibility of women’s labour. Among other languages, her poetry has been translated into English, French, German, and Swedish.