Azuela, Mariano
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| Birthname | José Mariano Azuela González | ||||
| born on | 1 January 1873 at 20:30 (= 8:30 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, 21n21, 101w55 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m101w55 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   11°52'   21°57 Asc. 22°34'
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Biography
Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the first of the "novelists of the Revolution," and he influenced other Mexican novelists of social protest.
In 1942 he received the Mexican National Prize for Literature. On 8 April 1943 he became a founding member of Mexico's National College, where he gave lectures on Mexican, French, and Spanish novelists, and on his own literary experiences. In 1949 he received the Mexican National Prize for Arts and Sciences. He died in Mexico City on 1 March 1952, aged 79.
Relationships
- compare to chart of Guzmán, Martín Luis (born 6 October 1887)
- compare to chart of Niggli, Josefina (born 13 July 1910). Notes: Noted Spanish-language contemporary writers
Events
- Work : Prize 1942 (Mexican National Prize for Literature)
- Work : Prize 1949 (Mexican National Prize for Arts and Sciences)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from State of Jalisco, México.
Categories
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Writers : Critic (Literary)
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Novelist)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Mexican National Prize for Literature)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Mexican National Prize for Arts and Sciences)
