Pedro Geoffroy Rivas

Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (September 16, 1908 in Santa Ana, El Salvador – November 10, 1979 in San Salvador, El Salvador) was an anthropologist, poet, and linguist. His poetic work marked a landmark in Salvadoran poetic development. A rebellious, individualistic poet, Rivas incorporated in his poetry the freedom to express himself openly without fear of ordinariness or anthropocentric turns.

His work influenced Pablo Neruda. Rivas studied in Mexico at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Canciones en el viento (1933)
• Rumbo (1935)
• Para cantar mañana (1935)
• Solo Amor (1963)
• Yulcuicat (1965)
• Cuadernos del Exilio
• Los nietos del jaguar (1977)
• Vida, pasión y muerte del antihombre (1978)

Anthropology and Linguistics

• Toponimia náhuat de Cuscatlán (1961, corregida y aumentada 1973)
• El español que hablamos en El Salvador (1969 y 1975)
• El nawat de Cuscatlán - Apuntes para una gramática Tentativa (1969)
• Mi Alberto Masferrer (1953)
• La lengua salvadoreña (1978)