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Agustín Yáñez

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Agustín Yáñez

Aliases: Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1904-05-04 (Guadalajara, Jalisco)
Died
1980-01-17 (Mexico City) age 75
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Guadalajara, Jalisco → Mexico City

Career

Occupations
writer, politician, Governor of Jalisco, Secretary of Public Education
Active Years
1928-1980
Affiliations
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, El Colegio Nacional
Memberships
Institutional Revolutionary Party

Education

Escuela de Jurisprudencia de Guadalajara
Law
Country: Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Philosophy
Country: Mexico
University of Guadalajara
Country: Mexico

Awards

Premio Nacional de las Letras
1973
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Al filo del agua

1947 Novel

A story set in a rural town in Jalisco before the Mexican Revolution.

revolutiontradition vs. modernization

Bibliography

  • Fray Barlolomé de las Casas, el conquistador conquistado (1942)
  • El contenido social de la literatura iberoamericana (1943)
  • Al filo del agua (1947)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismregionalism
Recurring Motifs
rural Mexican lifeimpact of revolution

Legacy

Important Mexican writer and politician, best known for his novel Al filo del agua.