Eduardo Lizalde Chávez (born July 14, 1929, Mexico City), is a Mexican poet, academic and administrator.Lizalde is known as "El Tigre" for recurring themes in his work which stem from his childhood fondness for the stories of Salgari and Kipling.
As he explains: "The tiger has been a fascinating figure from Biblical times until now, and I don't believe there has ever been a writer who has never made a reference to tigers.
The tiger is an image of death, destruction and, also, of beauty..."