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Mariano Azuela González
Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a 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. Among Azuela's first published writing were some short pieces for the magazine ''Gil Blas Cómico'', where he wrote under the pen name of "Beleño", and his writing published under the heading ''Impresiones de un estudiante'' (''Impressions of a Student'') in 1896. His first novel, ''Maria Luisa'', was written in 1907, followed by ''Los fracasados'' (''The Failures'') in 1908, and ''Mala yerba'' (''Weeds'') in 1909. The theme of his beginning novels are about fate. He wrote of the social life of Mexicans during the Díaz dictatorship. After experiencing the Mexican Revolution first-hand, his writing style became sarcastic and disillusione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana (other), Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius (name), Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (mythology), Mars (see also Ares) or from the Latin ''maris'' "male". Mariano and Marian (given name), Marian are sometimes seen as a conjunction of the two female names Mary (given name), Mary and Ann (name), Ann. This name is an homage to The Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. Mariano, as a surname, is of Italy, Italian, Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese origin from the personal name ''Mariano'', from the Latin language, Latin family name ''Marianus'' (a derivative of the ancient personal name ''Marius'', of Etruscan civilization, Etruscan origin). In the early Christian era it came to be taken as an adjective derived from ''Maria'', and was associated with the cult of the Virgin Mary. It was borne by var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |