Poetic Obituaries: With dreams of creating a West Coast version

of the Algonquin Round Table writers group in New York, Mr. [Victor] Martinez found kindred artists in the Mission District. He helped create Humanizarte, a collective of Chicano poets, and he joined the Chicano/Latino Writers' Center of San Francisco, where he honed his craft. He began writing book, theater and film reviews for La Revista Literaria de El Tecolote. He submitted his writings to various anthologies and literary journals. In 1985 he married Alvarez, his former student at Stanford.

"The language of his poetry was so strong, and so different from the overtly political Chicano culture at Stanford at the time," [Tina] Alvarez said. "His poetry was more about life and thoughts. It made you think."

from San Francisco Chronicle: Victor Martinez, novelist and poet, dies at 56

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