 Luis de Lión's literary reputation was established with the posthumous publication of his only novel, "El tiempo principia en Xibalbá" in 1985, in which he relates a Mayan worldview in contemporary language.La Casa Museo Luis de Lión in San Juan del Obispo preserves the author's work and exhibits his personal effects, including books and notes, as well as maintaining the library that he founded in 1962.In 2005, the government of Guatemala under president Óscar Berger officially acknowledged responsibility for the death of Luis de Lión.