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Germán List Arzubide

ジェルマン・リスト・アルスビデ

Jeruman Risuto Arusubide

Aliases: German List Arzubide

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1898-05-31 （Puebla）
Died
1998-10-17 （Mexico City） age 100
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Puebla → Mexico City

Career

Occupations
poet, revolutionary
Active Years
1910-1998
Affiliations
Stridentism
Influenced By
Emiliano Zapata, Manuel Maples Arce
Influenced
Martin Luis Guzman, Mariano Azuela

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Exaltacion

1927 Biography

Biography of Zapata

revolution

Madero, el Mexico de 1910

1973 Biography

Biography of Francisco Madero

revolution

El movimiento estridentista

1926 Literary history

History, defense, and literary work on Stridentism

avant-garde

Practica de educación irreligiosa

1936 Educational book

Book on irreligious education

irreligion

Style & Themes

Literary Style
avant-gardeStridentist
Recurring Motifs
revolutionmachinism

Health

  • old age
    晩年
    forbidden alcohol and women by doctors

Legacy

One of the last survivors of the Mexican Revolution and a major Stridentist

In Popular Culture

  • Symbol of revolutionary literature

Quotes

  • I want to die smiling, as I expect to do soon, since I don't want to continue abusing life, especially when the doctors have taken all the fun away by forbidding me alcohol and women.
    Source: interview (1998)

Trivia

  • Wounded and jailed three times during the Revolution
  • One of the last survivors of the Mexican Revolution
  • Died at age 100