Nogales, Sonora, MexicoOscar
Oscar
Monroy
Rivera
1933–2018
Writer, poet, playwright, and border thinker. He published more than 300 books in a life devoted to literature, to Nogales, and to raising the human spirit through culture.
“México es mi madre, es mi patria, mi país moral. México es mi tierra; en esa tierra está mi alma.”— Oscar Monroy Rivera
The work, the life, and the voice
This family archive brings together the commissioned biographical essay, a selection of his published works, recordings of his poetry, and selected sources documenting his legacy in Nogales.