90 YEARS, 10 DECADES: Faenas and lights of Alfonso Pérez Romo

Aguascalientes, 1982. Writer (essayist, critic and playwright). Doctor in Art and Culture. Professor at the Benemérita Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Member of the International Association of Art Critics (aica, Mexico section). Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI 1). He was founder and curator of the Víctor Sandoval Chair in Culture Criticism of the Cultural Institute of Aguascalientes, from 2017 to 2022. Author of the essays Three sardines on a plate and nomadic ideas: contemporary art and Octavio Paz (2016); Juan shot a vulture walking with blue paint: a story about art in Aguascalientes (2021); 1952: year zero. Rescue of the magazine ACA (2021); Before the blacksmith and after eternity: blind spots in the work of Víctor Sandoval and Salvador Gallardo Dávalos (2022); the book of interviews The night painter: conversations with Juan Castañeda (2023); the theatre play The flight of Thelma (2021) and the book of essays/memoirs Recuerdo (2022). His most recent book is Never Having Written Is Better: David Markson and Mexico (2024). Desiderio Macías Silva Award (2007). Octavio Paz National Young Essay Award (2014). Fine Arts Malcolm Lowry Literary Essay Award (2022). Only three hydrocalidos, so far, have won a Fine Arts Award: Desiderio Macías Silva, in 1972; Benjamín Valdivia, in 1987, and him.

Aguascalientes, 1959. Law degree from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Master in Economic and Corporate Law from the Panamerican University. As of February 2008, notary number 16 of the state of Aguascalientes. He is author or co-author, among others, of the following publications related to the Fighting of the Bulls: The San Marcos Bullring. Images of a Century (co-author, 1996); Touched by the Goblins. Ten figures of the silver age of bullfighting in Mexico (2000); Alfonso Ramírez El Calesero. The poet of bullfighting (co-author, 2004); Monumental Bullring of Aguascalientes. Echoes of 30 years. 1974-2004 (co-author, 2007); The-man-who-doesn't-believe-in-nothing. A century of bullfighting. Anthology (co-author, 2013); Glory dreamers. The vocation of bullfighting in the world (co-author, 2014).

Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1956. He studied Law at UNAM and Political Science at the College of Mexico. He has published Educational Reform (2018); The Educational Project of the Mexican Revolution (1992); The Mexican Political System and the PRI (1989); State and Stewardship of Development in Mexico: a Political Perspective (1988); Peasant Organizations (1983); The Mexican Catholic Church as a Pressure Group (1981) and Salvador Alvarado and the Mexican Revolution (1980), as well as essays on education and public policy in various collective works. He has been a public official, academic, diplomat, lecturer and regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, both in Mexico and abroad.

Aguascalientes. Lawyer. University teacher. Retired Taurine. Graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Notary Public 19 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Electoral counselor of the state. President of the Transparency Council of the City Hall. Former President of the State Human Rights Commission of Aguascalientes. Member of the Technical Committee of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture. Master of Roman Law and Legal Hermeneutics at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Founding member of the Mexican Academy of Notarial Law. Founding professor of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, the Universidad Panamericana campus Bonaterra and the Universidad La Concordia. Founding member of the Center for Research and Literary Studies of Aguascalientes (CIELA-Fraguas) and the Cultural Group “El Reborujo”. Corresponding member of the Seminar of Mexican Culture.

Zacatecas, 1962. He entered the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas in 1980, where he studied at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry. He became friends with Don Antonio Llaguno Ibargüengoitia (50 years older than him), where he learned all the secrets of fighting bull breeding, which led him to become a cattle rancher in 1987, at the age of 25, and to found his Santa Bárbara cattle ranch in Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco, which later, in 1991, was moved to Rancho Presillas, in San Pedro Piedra Gorda, Zacatecas. He was director of Social Service (1984-1991) of the government of the state of Zacatecas; operational director of the bullrings “Caletilla” in Acapulco and Monumental Lorenzo Garza in Monterrey, from 2004 to 2007, with Espectáculos Taurinos de México; manager of the Patronato de la Feria Nacional de San Marcos from 2008 to 2009 and coordinator of Legislative Liaison of the government of the state of Aguascalientes from 2009 to 2010. As a cattle rancher, he has been awarded several prizes: best bull and best bull run in the bullrings of Aguascalientes, Leon, Torreon, Tijuana, San Luis Potosi and Queretaro, and 12 bulls have been pardoned during his career as a cattle rancher.

Alteño de Jalostotitlán, Jalisco. Tiene 76 años. Desde niño, gracias a la cercanía de sus padres con el mundo taurino y a las amistades de ellos en el mundo del espectáculo, desarrolló una profunda y fundamentada afición taurina, así como un amor e identificación con la cultura popular y el folclor. Con estudios incompletos en sociología, se ha desarrollado como lector insaciable de literatura e historia, también ha explorado el arte en diversas manifestaciones, pintando, ilustrando, actuando y escribiendo. En 15 años, en Aguascalientes, ha hecho la investigación, guion y dirección de más de 25 documentales para TV UNAM y UAA TV. Ha trabajado en diversas áreas de la producción cinematográfica, de radio y de televisión, al igual que en teatro. Autor del libro de cuentos Hasta la cocina (2015).

Aguascalientes, 1935. He studied at the then School of Economics and Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He obtained a scholarship from the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica to study Information Sciences and Techniques in Madrid. He studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge, England. He was Minister Counselor of the Mexican Embassy in England, Consul General of Mexico in New York and Deputy Manager of Social Communication at Pemex. He began his career in journalism in the newspaper El Día, later in Excélsior and in the magazines Siempre!, La Capital and Casas & Gente. He was a correspondent for the news agency EFE. He has conducted more than 300 interviews with various personalities in Mexico and in different countries. He has published several books of interviews, chronicles and reports, some of which are: The narcissists (1983), Those who are and those who were (1985), The loveless (1986), The unforgettable (1999), Protagonists of their time. Journalistic anthology 1963-2010 (2010), Greatness and decadence of the fiesta brava (2016).

Originally from the city of Aguascalientes. She holds a degree in History from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, where she also obtained a PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2011, with the research topic “The value and scope of university autonomy. The case of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (1973-2000)”. She has worked as a professor-researcher in the Department of History at the UAA, in the School of Pedagogy at the Universidad Panamericana (Bonaterra campus), as well as at the Universidad Pontificia (Aguascalientes campus). At the UAA, he has participated as a teacher in the diploma courses La vida de México en las artes a través de sus poetas, escritores y artistas plásticos; Arte que ha transformado la civilización and El curso del pensamiento religioso a través de la historia. She is a member of the Network of History of the State Universities of Mexico and the Aguascalentense Society of History, Geography and Statistics. She is the author of two books on university autonomy, published by the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes: The value of autonomy: Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, political parties and electoral processes (2007) and Autonomy and government, a relationship in chiaroscuro (2015).

A native of Aguascalientes, Ags. She holds a law degree from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and a Master's Degree in Fundamental Rights from the Carlos III University of Madrid. She has worked as a litigation lawyer and as an intern at the Human Rights Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Spanish government, in issues related to the rights of persons with disabilities and the general situation of the rights of African countries in contact with the Spanish government. She was a member of the National Electoral Professional Service of the National Electoral Institute in the position of vocal secretary of the District Board. She has been a lecturer on topics related to human rights and administrative law, and has given courses and lectures on electoral law, gender equity, the situation of women in Mexico, as well as various human rights issues. She has a particular taste for reading and writing, and has coordinated and participated in reading clubs and published some of her texts. She currently works as a legal advisor in the 53rd Notary Public office of the state.

Originally from Aguascalientes. He is a lawyer and notary public by profession. He is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, where he has been a professor for 30 years in the Law School, teaching subjects such as Individual Guarantees, Securities and Credit Transactions, Civil Law Seminar, Civil Law for the Family and Civil Contracts. He has dedicated his entire life to his professional practice, both in the academic, litigation and notarial fields. He was Secretary General of the Government of the State of Aguascalientes (2007-2010), founding president of the Fundación UAA, A.C. and is currently president of the Board of Trustees of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. He has been a bullfighting enthusiast since childhood.

Aguascalientes, 1933-2024. She received her first years of schooling from her mother, at home, and later continued with her English governess, Miss Alice Arnold. Later she attended high school at the Guadalupe Victoria Institute, with the Mothers of Hope, to finish her studies in Toronto, Canada, where she studied languages. On April 30, 1956, in the Cathedral of Aguascalientes, she married bullfighter Rafael Rodriguez Dominguez. Dedicated to the home, she has never left aside what her parents instilled in her from a very young age: a deep love for Aguascalientes.

He has studied Industrial Engineering, Law and Philosophy. He has worked as secretary to the chief executive of the state. He was a member of the LII Legislature of the Aguascalientes State Congress; director of Educational Planning in Aguascalientes; advisor to the technical secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission; delegate of the National Registry of Voters, Federal Electoral Institute and National Electoral Institute; executive member of the Local Executive Boards of Aguascalientes and Mexico City; executive director of the Electoral Professional Service and executive secretary in charge of the office of the General Executive Board of the IFE; at INE, delegate in Aguascalientes and executive director of Administration. He has been, for 24 years, editorialist of Hidrocálido and XEBI.

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Universidad Panamericana. Great-granddaughter, granddaughter and daughter of bullfighting ranchers. Her parents were Rafael Ruiz Villalpando (banker, cattle rancher and publisher) and Ana Elena Rabasa de Ruiz Villalpando (Doctor of Philosophy, professor at the Pontifical University of Mexico and cattle rancher), who founded the De Villalpando cattle ranch, which was baptized by the matador Carlos Arruza. She began her journey in bullfighting writing in 1989, derived from the death of her brother, the matador Jorge Aguilar “el Ranchero”. His short narrative describes how bullfighting has influenced his life. He has participated in different radio programs and has published in different printed magazines and web pages, such as El Redondel, Matador, Sangre Seda and Sol, among many others. Since 2005, she has been responsible for disseminating, editing and publishing the work of her great-grandfather, Victoriano Salado Álvarez. To date, in collaboration with UNAM, the University of Guadalajara and the Jalisco College, 6 of 12 volumes have been published. Another volume of this collection is in the process of being edited and will be presented at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2024.

Born in Mexico City. Lives in Marfil, Guanajuato. He has been educated at the Escuela Superior de Administración de Instituciones (ESDAI), where he studied a Bachelor's Degree in Institutional Administration. At the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, within the Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros, she has taken courses in history, literature and art of Mexico. She has been part of the story workshops at the Lake House Juan José Arreola (UNAM), at the University House of the Book (UNAM) and participated in the literary creation workshop at the University of Guanajuato. She has given several conferences at the Alhóndiga de Granaditas in the city of Guanajuato, such as “ The Golden Century”, “ Imaginotherapy (therapy of pain or loss through imagination)” and “Gastronomy and literature”. She also gave a talk on “Los ritos del escritor” (The writer's rites) at the Seminar on Writing at UNAM. Together with her husband, she has a podcast, “The voice of letters”, in which they talk about writers, history, music and art. She has published a book of short stories and mini-fiction under the publishing house Terracota, as well as participating in short story anthologies. She is currently finishing her first novel: The Circus of Ovid.

Originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico. Professor-researcher in the Department of History at the UAA. He has also served as director of the Centro INAH Aguascalientes and as founding director of the Municipal Institute for Culture of Aguascalientes (IMAC). He holds a degree in Sociology, a master's degree in Regional Studies and a doctorate in Social Anthropology. He is a member of the Association of European Latin American Historians (AHILA), the Mexican Society of Electoral Studies and the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP). The main line of research he has worked on refers to Democracy, elections and political culture. He is the author of 12 books as main author and several essays on local politics in the 20th century. He is a member of the National System of Researchers since 1996, was recognized in 2012 as Aguascalientes Award in Social Sciences and is part of the Seminar of Mexican Culture, Aguascalientes chapter.

Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1956. He studied law at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; a Master's degree in Social Sciences at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO); studied history at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Hispanic essayism at the Instituto Ortega y Gasset and Latin American literature at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. He has been a professor at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, at San Luis College, at the National Pedagogical University, at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and at the ICA University of the Arts. He has given courses and conferences in different institutions. He has published six books of poetry. He won the Manuel José Othón Prize awarded by the government of the state of San Luis Potosí and the Ramón López Velarde Prize, awarded by the government of the state of Zacatecas and the UAZ. He was president of the Institute of Culture of San Luis Potosi, general director of Cultural Liaison of Conaculta, director of Higher Artistic Education of the Cultural Institute of Aguascalientes, director of the Research Center for Cultural Development and Artistic Education of INBA and general director of the Center for the Arts of San Luis Potosi.

He was born in neighborhood of El Encino, in Aguascalientes. He traces his fondness to the misty images of the bullfights he used to attend, accompanied by his father and his uncle Ramoncito Morales, at the Plaza San Marcos, in the now distant 70s of the last century, and to the intimate pride of the very brief review contained in volume III of the Cossío, where he refers to the fact that his uncle wore the bullfighting ring, just in that bullring, in a single appearance, where, mutatis mutandis, the godfather appeared with less fortune than luck. A communicologist and linguist by training, he has published seven volumes of poetry and several hundred articles in local newspapers and magazines, some of them dedicated to bullfighting issues, which he has also dealt with in radio and television talk shows, some of them exclusively dedicated to bullfighting, such as the series Fiesta Brava, which he hosted with Ramón Francisco Ávila Rivera “Yiyo”, at the beginning of the 90s, in the local Televisa radio station. Passionate about bullfighting in perpetuity, he defines himself as a dilettante of the Fiesta, a disenchanted of how bullfighting matters are handled in our country and a commentator of bullfighting matters almost in retirement or in retreat.

Aguascalientes, 1952. Academic and researcher. He holds a law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, a master's degree in law from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a doctorate in philosophy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He is a professor and researcher at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and professor-tutor in the Master's program in Constitutional Law and Amparo at the Universidad Iberoamericana León. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI II). He has published three dozen books on topics related to law and philosophy. He has also published around 100 articles, 9 book reviews and 12 prologues. He has received several awards: Alejandro Topete del Valle Award to the book of the year (1983); Aguascalientes Award to the Development of Humanities (1993); Rotary Medal to the exemplary citizen (2011); University Award for Merit in Research, Social Sciences (2013); National Award in Legal Research (2014), granted by the anfade; and recognition for his work and career in the defense and promotion of human rights for the benefit of the people of Aguascalientes, granted by the State Commission of Human Rights of the State of Aguascalientes, in 2014.

Aguascalientes, 1952. Bachelor in Philosophy and Master in Teaching from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), PhD in Education from the Iberoamerican University Tijuana. She was an undergraduate and graduate professor for 22 years in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts at the UABC. She has directed undergraduate and graduate theses; published articles and given lectures and workshops on education, art and ethics. She was director of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Iberoamerican University Tijuana during the period 2014-2018; coordinator of Teacher Training from 2012 to 2014, period in which she also taught undergraduate and graduate classes there. She was the founding director of the Tijuana and Ensenada branches of UNID from 2006 to 2012. At the UAA, she participated as a guest lecturer in the following courses: Greek Art and Culture; Medieval Art and Culture; Art that has transformed civilization and Women in Art. She is currently an adjunct professor of Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics at San Diego Global Knowledge University.