398:, and many others inspired him to become a poet himself. He first started to write poetry while doing theatre in Bogota. Following his return to Cereté, Gómez Jattin had been devoted at first to theatre, as an actor, and then as director and playwright. By this time, he had also come into contact with illicit drugs and started showing the first signs of mental illness, having been interned in a psychiatric hospital for the first time in 1978. With the economic support from his friend Juan Manuel Ponce, he managed to publish his first poetry book
66:
128:
25:
402:(1980). Journalist and writer Milcíades Arévalo received the book, and decided to publish a couple of his poems in Puesto de Combate, the literary magazine he had founded in 1972. Arévalo was responsible of making his work well known around the whole country, just at the time where his continuous cycle of mental health crises and periods of homelessness.
343:, and then sent to his maternal grandmother in Cartagena, where he finished his secondary education. His father possessed a large library, and Gómez Jattin became an avid reader from a very young age, which was helped by his asthma. After spending a few years as a secondary education teacher in Cereté, he moved to
358:
without finishing his studies, at a time where the death of his father triggered the first of many psychotic episodes that would afflict him for the rest of his life. He was diagnosed with manic-depression and schizophrenia. At this time he also started consuming illicit drugs. He spent his time
410:, was published in 1988, and it gave him renown, which allowed him for the next years to appear in literary festivals, radio shows, and magazines, and to teach writing workshops. His later work was badly received by the critics, as being hurried and of lesser quality and creativity.
405:
His poetry has been described as stark and realist, and highly autobiographic, dealing with his struggles with mental illness, his solitude, his childhood memories, his sexuality, his friends and relatives, and his city. His most well-known book,
359:
between psychiatric institutions and living in the streets as a homeless individual. He moved later to
Cartagena, where the cycle of psychiatric admissions and homelessness continued, in addition to some time spent in jail.
351:, under pressure by his father. It was in this university where he first came into contact with theatre, becoming part of the university's experimental theatre group, and where he started to write poetry first.
362:
In the middle of what was assumed to be a psychotic episode, Gómez Jattin jumped to death in front of a running bus on May 22, 1997. It has never been clear whether his death was accidental or a suicide.
703:
693:
38:
152:
of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
563:
204:
176:
348:
241:
223:
109:
87:
52:
612:
183:
190:
723:
688:
149:
138:
713:
172:
44:
145:
589:"MURIO EL POETA RAUL GOMEZ JATTIN - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com"
161:
515:
80:
74:
383:
718:
698:
636:
91:
494:
197:
708:
395:
470:
683:
678:
540:"RAÚL GÓMEZ JATTIN - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com"
332:
295:
278:
157:
387:
153:
391:
379:
367:
335:, Colombia, to journalist Joaquín Pablo Gómez Reynero and Lola Jattin. His mother was of
666:
La terrible y asombrosa historia del poeta Raúl. Bogota: Editorial
Heriberto Fiorillo.
588:
539:
672:
564:"Gómez Jattin, un potro desbocado en las praderas del cielo | Blogs El espectador"
355:
344:
340:
336:
366:
He was a distant relative and close friend of journalist and writer
144:
Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
323:(31 May 1945 – 22 May 1997) was an influential Colombian poet.
121:
59:
18:
370:
when they both studied in the same school in
Cartagena.
339:
ancestry. He spent most of his childhood in the town of
495:"Raúl Gómez Jattin - Latin American Literature Today"
310:
302:
285:
263:
256:
8:
53:Learn how and when to remove these messages
347:, in 1964, to obtain a degree in law from
253:
637:"Gómez Jattin, sin escándalos | Revistas"
613:"Raúl Gómez Jattin, el poeta de la calle"
242:Learn how and when to remove this message
224:Learn how and when to remove this message
110:Learn how and when to remove this message
73:This article includes a list of general
462:
7:
139:notability guideline for biographies
704:Colombian people of Syrian descent
79:it lacks sufficient corresponding
14:
570:(in European Spanish). 2012-05-30
514:Foundation, Poetry (2023-12-20).
34:This article has multiple issues.
126:
64:
23:
694:People from Cartagena, Colombia
42:or discuss these issues on the
1:
450:Amanecer en el valle del Sinú
446:1980-1989, (Anthology, 1995)
321:Raúl del Cristi Gómez Jattin
267:Raúl del Cristi Gómez Jattin
438:El Esplendor de la Mariposa
740:
146:reliable secondary sources
135:The topic of this article
331:Gómez Jattin was born in
137:may not meet Knowledge's
516:"Review: Almost Obscene"
94:more precise citations.
641:revistas.elheraldo.co
475:Words Without Borders
378:His reading of poets
349:Universidad Externado
724:Colombian gay actors
689:Colombian male poets
662:Fiorillo, H.(2003).
714:Syrian LGBTQ people
568:Blogs El espectador
471:"Raúl Gómez Jattin"
296:Cartagena, Colombia
279:Cartagena, Colombia
173:"Raúl Gómez Jattin"
426:Tríptico Cereteano
408:Tríptico Cereteano
141:
520:Poetry Foundation
452:(Anthology, 2004)
318:
317:
258:Raúl Gómez Jattin
252:
251:
244:
234:
233:
226:
208:
136:
120:
119:
112:
57:
731:
651:
650:
648:
647:
633:
627:
626:
624:
623:
609:
603:
602:
600:
599:
585:
579:
578:
576:
575:
560:
554:
553:
551:
550:
536:
530:
529:
527:
526:
511:
505:
504:
502:
501:
491:
485:
484:
482:
481:
467:
432:Hijos del Tiempo
354:He went back to
292:
275:
273:
254:
247:
240:
229:
222:
218:
215:
209:
207:
166:
130:
129:
122:
115:
108:
104:
101:
95:
90:this article by
81:inline citations
68:
67:
60:
49:
27:
26:
19:
739:
738:
734:
733:
732:
730:
729:
728:
669:
668:
660:
658:Further reading
655:
654:
645:
643:
635:
634:
630:
621:
619:
611:
610:
606:
597:
595:
587:
586:
582:
573:
571:
562:
561:
557:
548:
546:
538:
537:
533:
524:
522:
513:
512:
508:
499:
497:
493:
492:
488:
479:
477:
469:
468:
464:
459:
416:
392:Fernando Pessoa
376:
329:
294:
290:
277:
271:
269:
268:
259:
248:
237:
236:
235:
230:
219:
213:
210:
167:
165:
143:
131:
127:
116:
105:
99:
96:
86:Please help to
85:
69:
65:
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
737:
735:
727:
726:
721:
719:Syrian gay men
716:
711:
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
681:
671:
670:
659:
656:
653:
652:
628:
604:
580:
555:
531:
506:
486:
461:
460:
458:
455:
454:
453:
447:
441:
435:
429:
423:
415:
412:
375:
372:
328:
325:
316:
315:
312:
308:
307:
304:
300:
299:
293:(aged 51)
287:
283:
282:
265:
261:
260:
257:
250:
249:
232:
231:
134:
132:
125:
118:
117:
72:
70:
63:
58:
32:
31:
29:
22:
16:Colombian poet
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
736:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
699:Jattin family
697:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
680:
677:
676:
674:
667:
665:
657:
642:
638:
632:
629:
618:
614:
608:
605:
594:
590:
584:
581:
569:
565:
559:
556:
545:
541:
535:
532:
521:
517:
510:
507:
496:
490:
487:
476:
472:
466:
463:
456:
451:
448:
445:
442:
439:
436:
433:
430:
427:
424:
421:
418:
417:
413:
411:
409:
403:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
381:
373:
371:
369:
364:
360:
357:
352:
350:
346:
342:
338:
334:
326:
324:
322:
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
288:
284:
280:
266:
262:
255:
246:
243:
228:
225:
217:
206:
203:
199:
196:
192:
189:
185:
182:
178:
175: –
174:
170:
169:Find sources:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
140:
133:
124:
123:
114:
111:
103:
93:
89:
83:
82:
76:
71:
62:
61:
56:
54:
47:
46:
41:
40:
35:
30:
21:
20:
709:Syrian poets
663:
661:
644:. Retrieved
640:
631:
620:. Retrieved
617:ElEspectador
616:
607:
596:. Retrieved
593:eltiempo.com
592:
583:
572:. Retrieved
567:
558:
547:. Retrieved
544:eltiempo.com
543:
534:
523:. Retrieved
519:
509:
498:. Retrieved
489:
478:. Retrieved
474:
465:
449:
443:
437:
431:
425:
419:
407:
404:
399:
384:García Lorca
377:
368:Juan Gossaín
365:
361:
353:
330:
320:
319:
291:(1997-05-22)
238:
220:
211:
201:
194:
187:
180:
168:
106:
97:
78:
50:
43:
37:
36:Please help
33:
684:1997 deaths
679:1945 births
388:Rubén Darío
311:Nationality
289:22 May 1997
276:31 May 1945
150:independent
92:introducing
673:Categories
664:Arde Raúl-
646:2017-01-15
622:2017-01-15
598:2017-01-15
574:2017-01-15
549:2017-01-15
525:2023-12-20
500:2023-12-20
480:2023-12-20
457:References
303:Occupation
298:, Colombia
281:, Colombia
272:1945-05-31
184:newspapers
158:redirected
75:references
39:improve it
333:Cartagena
314:Colombian
214:July 2017
148:that are
100:July 2017
45:talk page
380:Machado
198:scholar
162:deleted
88:improve
444:Poesía
440:(1993)
434:(1989)
428:(1988)
422:(1980)
420:Poemas
400:Poemas
396:Cavafy
374:Poetry
356:Cereté
345:Bogota
341:Cereté
337:Syrian
200:
193:
186:
179:
171:
154:merged
77:, but
414:Works
205:JSTOR
191:books
160:, or
327:Life
306:Poet
286:Died
264:Born
177:news
675::
639:.
615:.
591:.
566:.
542:.
518:.
473:.
394:,
390:,
386:,
382:,
156:,
48:.
649:.
625:.
601:.
577:.
552:.
528:.
503:.
483:.
274:)
270:(
245:)
239:(
227:)
221:(
216:)
212:(
202:·
195:·
188:·
181:·
164:.
142:.
113:)
107:(
102:)
98:(
84:.
55:)
51:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.