morgue to contemplate the dead was one of the extravagant activities he participated in as a youth. But one should not see this as a necrophilic act, but as an obsession to understand life and death as a unity, which he came to call " (True Life)". Sáenz claimed to have reached true life, which is also access to the transcendental conscience that he aspired to have. "While alive, the man will not be able to understand the world; the man ignores that as long he does not stop living, he will not be wise". [...] "What does living have to do with life; living is one thing and life is another thing, life and death are one and the same". The impact of alcohol is greatly explored in two works: the poem (The Night) (1984) and the novel Felipe Delgado (1979). Sáenz denied many times that this novel was autobiographical in nature, but one cannot fail to see some aspects of his personal life within it, especially the references to his time as an alcoholic. His voluntary renunciation of alcohol, which took place sometime in the 1960s, was one of his greatest achievements of his life. Save for sporadic relapses, Sáenz did not go back to drinking until just before his death in 1986. The years where he was distanced from alcohol were when he was most productive. In 1980, one of his relapses brought him to the brink of death, thus sparking inspiration for (The Night), a collection of poems that can be classified as "frightening" due to its subject matter rooted in his near-death experience. Sáenz died in La Paz on 16 August 1986, surrounded by his dearest friends and colleagues. He was buried the next day in the city's General Cemetery. Homages In La Paz, a street in the Cota Cota neighborhood is named after Jaime Sáenz. A plaza in the macrodistrict San Antonio is also named in his memory, and is near the Jaime Saenz Cultural District House. Works Poetry books (1955) (1957) (1957) (1960) (1964) ; English Translation: Immanent Visitor: Selected poems of Jaime Saenz (2002) (1967) English Translation: The Cold (2015) (1973) (anthology) (1978) Bruckner (1978) (1982) (1984) ; English Translation: The Night (2007) Short stories (1972) (1979) (1985) (1986) (posthumous) (1989) (posthumous) (1996) (posthumous compilation) (2009) (posthumous) Novels (1979) Felipe Delgado (1991) Theatre (2005) (posthumous compilation) Visual art (2005) (posthumous compilation) Collections