Overview

• Media reports indicate Calera-Grobet drowned while swimming on August 16 in Progreso, Yucatán, though no official cause of death has been confirmed.
• His wife, writer Melisa Arzate Amaro, described him as an “insatiable” cultural visionary whose projects always embraced collaboration and generosity.
• Cultural institutions such as UNAM and figures including Guillermo Fadanelli, Elisa de Gortari and Julia Santibañez shared tributes highlighting his energy and support for emerging voices.
• As founder of Mantarraya Ediciones, he championed more than 60 debut titles and created the mobile library La Chula to extend literary outreach across Mexico.
• Calera-Grobet ran the Hostería La Bota and contributed columns to Reforma, MILENIO, Letras Libres and SinEmbargo while publishing works like his latest collection Xajays.