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National Prize Of Arts And Sciences (Mexico)
The National Prize for Arts and Sciences ( es, Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) is awarded annually by the Government of Mexico in six categories. It is part of the Mexican Honours System and was established in 1945. The prize is a gold medal and 520,000 pesos. Selected winners ''For a complete list of winners in tabular format, see the corresponding article in Spanish.'' Linguistics and literature ''Lingüística y Literatura'' *1935: Gregorio López y Fuentes *1946: Alfonso Reyes *1949: Mariano Azuela González *1958: Martín Luis Guzmán *1964: Carlos Pellicer Cámara *1965: Ángel María Garibay *1966: Jaime Torres Bodet *1967: Salvador Novo López *1968: José Gorostiza *1969: Silvio Zavala Vallado *1970: Juan Rulfo *1971: Daniel Cosío Villegas *1972: Rodolfo Usigli *1973: Agustín Yáñez *1974: Rubén Bonifaz Nuño *1975: Francisco Monterde *1976: ** Antonio Gómez Robledo ** Efraín Huerta *1977: Octavio Paz *1978: Fernando Benítez *1979: Juan José Arr ...
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Government Of Mexico
The Federal government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or ' or ') is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. The Mexican federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial and functions per the Constitution of the United Mexican States, as enacted in 1917, and as amended. The executive power is exercised by the executive branch, which is headed by the president and his Cabinet, which, together, are independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested upon the Congress of the Union, a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial power is exercised by the judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the C ...
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Agustín Yáñez
Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (May 4, 1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – January 17, 1980 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidency. He is the author of numerous books and the recipient, in 1952 as member of the ''Academia Mexicana de la Lengua'', in 1973, of the ''Premio Nacional de las Letras''. Al filo del agua (On the Edge of the Storm) is universally acknowledged as his masterpiece, according to the Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003 By Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, page 616. Education and teaching profession Yáñez studied law in the ''Escuela de Jurisprudencia de Guadalajara'' and philosophy in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He held several teaching positions throughout his life, he was a professor in the ''Escuela Normal para Señoritas de Guadalajara'' from 1923 to 1929, in the ''Preparatoria José P ...
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Alí Chumacero
Alí Chumacero Lora (9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet, translator, literary critic and editor. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. Biography Alí Chumacero Lora was born on July 9, 1918, in Acaponeta, state of Nayarit, Mexico. His family moved to Guadalajara, where Chumacero studied from primary school to high school. In 1937 he went to Mexico City planning to study Philosophy and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), but he could not immediately enroll due to having failed some courses in high school. He was living with an aunt and sharing a room with four people, and used the time to read and explore the city. In 1940, while studying at the university, he founded the magazine ''Tierra Nueva'', along with Jorge González Durán, Leopoldo Zea Aguilar, Leopoldo Zea y José Luis Martínez, which was in circulation until 1942. In this publication the authors sought to balance ...
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Marco Antonio Montes De Oca
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca (August 3, 1932 - February 7, 2009) was a Mexican poet and painter. Montes de Oca was a prolific and influential poet whose principal books include: ''Ruina de la infame Babilonia'' (1953), and ''Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros'' (1959), which won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize. He also wrote a self-titled memoir in 1967, and a book of short stories ''Las fuentes legendarias'' (1966), and also dedicated a lot of time to painting and sculpturing. Some of Montes de Oca's poetry was translated into English by Laura Villaseñor, including the books: ''The heart of the flute'' in 1978 (with an introduction by Octavio Paz), and ''Twenty-One Poems'' in 1982. He died of a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ... in Mexico City on F ...
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Carlos Fuentes Macías
Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christopher Unborn'' (1987). In his obituary, ''The New York Times'' described Fuentes as "one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world" and an important influence on the Latin American Boom, the "explosion of Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s", while ''The Guardian'' called him "Mexico's most celebrated novelist". His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (1999). He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won. His parents were both Mexicans. Life and career Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Berta Macías and Rafael Fuentes, the latter of whom was a Mexican diplomat. ...
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Jaime Sabines
Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages. His writings chronicle the experience of everyday people in places such as the street, hospital, and playground. Sabines was also a politician. Biography Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez was born on March 25, 1926 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. He is of Lebanese and Spanish descent. Before he devoted himself to the study of literature, he spent three years studying medicine before moving on to his real vocation:literature, studying at UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Sabines was an outstanding member of the Mexican Writers Centre from 1964 to 1965 and part of the jury for the Casa de las Americas prize. In addition to his literary activity, he participated in politics and ...
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Elías Nandino
Elías Nandino (April 19, 1900 – October 3, 1993) was a Mexican poet. Biography Nandino was born in Cocula, Jalisco. As a boy, he was brought up in the Catholic religion and served as an altar boy. He also attended Catholic school. Nandino's first homosexual encounters were apparently initiated by Catholic priests he knew. Nandino was friends with boys who were able to express their homosexual desires secretly and discreetly at the schools. Nandino studied medicine in Cocula and Guadalajara and finally at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City where he "graduated as a surgeon in 1930." From 1928 to 1934, he lived in Los Angeles, where he completed his medical internship. Nandino was influenced to start writing poetry when he was seventeen, by Manuel M. Flores and writer, Manuel Acuña Manuel Acuña Navarro (27 August 1849 – 6 December 1873) was a 19th-century Mexican writer. He focused on poetry but also wrote some novels and plays. He com ...
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Mauricio Magdaleno
Mauricio Magdaleno Cardona (13 May 1906 – 30 June 1986), better known as Mauricio Magdaleno, was a Mexican screenwriter and occasional director of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was nominated for six Ariel Awards and won for his second nomination for '' Río Escondido'' in 1949. Magdaleno was also a well-known journalist, writer, and politician. Selected filmography * ''Wild Flower'' (1943) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''Tragic Wedding'' (1946) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1946) * '' Gran Casino'' (1947) * '' The Unloved Woman'' (1949) * '' Coquette'' (1949) * ''Salón México'' (1949) * ''Love for Love'' (1950) * '' History of a Heart'' (1951) * '' Women's Prison'' (1951) * ''Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''The White Rose The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmo ...'' ...
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José Luis Martínez Rodríguez
José Luis Martínez Rodríguez (1918 in Atoyac, Jalisco) was a Mexican academic, diplomat, essayist, historian, bibliographer and editor. He was the director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica from 1977 to 1982 and professor of literature with the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Career He became an Academic Numerary of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua in 1960. From 1980 to 2002 he was the Director and, in 2003, was named Honorary Director in perpetuity. He was also a numerary at the Academia Mexicana de la Historia (Chair 28), beginning in 1993,Academia Mexicana de Historia:Past Members of the Academy
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Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (September 21, 1918 – December 3, 2001) was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he used elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and absurdist ideas in his work. Although he is little known outside Mexico, Arreola has served as the literary inspiration for a legion of Mexican writers who have sought to transform their country's realistic literary tradition by introducing elements of magical realism, satire, and allegory. Alongside Jorge Luis Borges, he is considered one of the masters of the hybrid subgenre of the essay-story. Arreola is primarily known for his short stories and he only published one novel, (The Fair; 1963). Life and career Early life Arreola was born on September 21, 1918, in Zapotlán el Grande (modern-day Ciudad Guzmán), in the state of Jalisco. He ...
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Fernando Benítez
Fernando de Jesus Benitez Gomez (born August 6, 1989) is a Mexican professional basketball player for the Indomables de Ciudad Juarez and the Mexico national basketball team. He participated at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Medellín, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bahía Blanca a .... References External links RealGM profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Benitez, Fernando 1989 births Living people Mexican men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Capitanes de Ciudad de México players Halcones Rojos Veracruz players Mineros de Zacatecas (basketball) players Ostioneros de Guaymas (basketball) players Panteras de Aguascalientes players Basketball players from Nayarit Sportspeople from Tepic, Nayarit ...
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Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Early life Octavio Paz was born near Mexico City. His family was a prominent liberal political family in Mexico, with Spanish and indigenous Mexican roots. with his grandfather, Ireneo Paz, the family's patriarch, having fought in the War of the Reform against conservatives, and then became a staunch supporter of liberal war hero Porfirio Díaz up until just before the 1910 outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. Ireneo Paz became an intellectual and journalist, starting several newspapers, where he was publisher and printer. Ireneo's son, Octavio Paz Solórzano, supported Emiliano Zapata during the Revolution and published an early biography of him and the Zapatista movement. Octavio was named for him, ...
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