Born in Rabinal (Baja Verapaz) on June 14, 1929. He traveled through diverse regions while undertaking work in agriculture, production of artisanal products, and business of various sorts; he later became a teacher after enrolling in the Normal School in the capital. In this manner he learned a great deal and committed himself to the understanding of the social problems he promulgated in his literary works.
He initiated his vocation as an author in 1949, publishing short stories and poetry. At the same time, he founded the newspaper Surco Nuevo (1949), the journal Uleu (1950), the monthly Saker-Ti (1953), the magazine Presencia (1958), and other publications. In 1959 he propelled his third epic with Revista de Guatemala as its director.
He was Secretary General of Saker-Ti. a youth art and literary group. In 1954, he went into exile in Ecuador, returned to Guatemala near the end of 1956, and founded UDEAG, a union of Guatemalan artists and authors. He traveled to the United States, Central and South America, and Europe and Asia. For a time, he circulated in Mexico.
He was kidnapped and killed in 1975. At the intersection of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue downtown, the writer was beaten, forced into a police jeep, and became another name added to the large list of artists and intellectuals assassinated in those times. The Kjell Eugenio Laugerud government denied capture.
He published Rabinal (a monograph), Revista de Guatemala, 1951, Minister of Education Editions, 1953; La Carta (stories and tales), Ediciones UDEAG, 1958; and La Vida Rota, Ediciones Casa de las Americas, La Habana, 1960, which won the Hispanic American Prize for this short story collection.
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