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José Revueltas

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Jose Revueltas

Aliases: José Revueltas Sánchez

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-11-20 （Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango）
Died
1976-04-14 （Mexico City） age 61
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango (birth) → Mexico City (Colonia Roma, Colonia Doctores)

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, political activist
Active Years
1928-1976
Affiliations
Mexican Communist Party (expelled)
Memberships
Liga Espartaquista (Spartacist League), Partido Popular Socialista (expelled)

Education

Colegio Alemán
Primary school
Period: 1920-1925
Year of Graduation: 1925
Country: Mexico
Attended until fourth grade. Finished primary education in public school and left school in 1925. Continued self-education at the Biblioteca Nacional.

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Los muros de agua

1941 novel

El luto humano

1943 novel

Dios en la tierra

1944 novel

Los días terrenales

1949 novel

El apando

1969 novel

Based on experiences in Lecumberri prison.

Bibliography

  • Los muros de agua (1941)
  • El luto humano (1943) (Human Mourning / The Stone Knife)
  • Dios en la tierra (1944)
  • Los días terrenales (1949)
  • Los errores (1964)
  • El apando (1969) (The Hole)
  • México 68: Juventud Y Revolución (1968–1972)

Health

  • post-cardiac arrest
    1976年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Prominent Mexican writer and political activist associated with the left, known for his imprisonments and works inspired by them. From an artistic family.

In Popular Culture

  • Former Islas Marías prison where he was held to be rehabilitated as 'Muros de Agua-José Revueltas' environmental and cultural education center (announced 2021).

Trivia

  • Brother to composer Silvestre Revueltas, painter Fermín Revueltas Sánchez, and actress Rosaura Revueltas.
  • Joined Mexican Communist Party in 1928, expelled in 1943.
  • Arrested in 1968 accused of involvement in student movement leading to Tlatelolco massacre.