Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (May 4, 1904 in

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

– January 17, 1980 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer and politician who served as

Governor of Jalisco The following is a list of governors of the Mexican state of Jalisco from 1821. The current Constitution indicates a term six years in length, which cannot be renewed under any circumstances. It also stipulates the qualifications for becoming gov ...

and

Secretary of Public Education The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of ...

during

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (; 12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés ...

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a ...

. He is the author of numerous books and the recipient, in 1952 as member of the ''

Academia Mexicana de la Lengua The Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Mexican Academy of Language, the Mexican Academy of the Language, the Mexican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym AML) is the corr ...

'', 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 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

in the ''Escuela de Jurisprudencia de Guadalajara'' and

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

in the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

(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 Paz Camacho'' from 1926 to 1929, in the ''Preparatoria de la Universidad de Guadalajara'' from 1931 to 1932, in the ''

Escuela Nacional Preparatoria The Escuela Nacional Preparatoria ( en, National Preparatory High School) (ENP), the oldest senior High School system in Mexico, belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), opened its doors on February 1, 1868. It was founded ...

'' from 1932 to 1953, in the UNAM from 1942 to 1953 and again from 1959 to 1962. He entered El Colegio Nacional in 1952.

Writings

Essays

*Fray Barlolomé de las Casas, el conquistador conquistado (1942) *El contenido social de la literatura iberoamericana (1943) *Alfonso Gutiérrez Hermosillo y algunos amigos (1945) *El clima espiritual de Jalisco (1945) *Fichas mexicanas (1945) *Yahualica (1946) *Discursos por Jalisco (1958) *La formación política (1962) *Moralistas franceses (1962) *Proyección universal de México (1963) *Días de Bali (1964) *Conciencia de la revolución (1964) *Dante, concepción integral del hombre y de la historia (1965) *Discursos al servicio de la educación pública (1964,1965,1966)

Narratives

*Por tierras de Nueva Galicia (1928) *Baralipton (1931) *Espejismo de Juchitán (1940) *Genio y figuras de Guadalajara (1941) *Flor de juegos antiguos (1942) *Esta es mala suerte (1945) *Melibea, Isolda y Alda en tierras cálidas (1946) *Los sentidos del aire, Episodios de Navidad (1948) *Tres cuentos (1964)

Novels

*Archipiélago de mujeres (1943) *Pasión y convalecencia (1943) *Al filo del agua (1947) *La creación (1959) *La tierra pródiga (1960) *Ojerosa y pintada (1960) *Las tierras flacas (1962) *Perseverancia final (1967) *Las vueltas del tiempo (1973) *La ladera dorada (1978) *Santa Anna, espectro de una sociedad (1981 concluded AD)

Political career

Agustín Yáñez was a member of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...

(PRI). He served as Governor of Jalisco from 1953 to 1959, undersecretary of the President of the Republic from 1962 to 1964 and

from 1964 to 1970. He headed the Mexican delegation to

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

's 11th general assembly in 1960.

Education and teaching profession

Writings

Essays

Narratives

Novels

Political career

See also

References

Further reading