Gregorio López Fuentes (born 25 November 1897? - ) was a Mexican novelist, poet, and journalist. He was one of the leading chroniclers of the Mexican Revolution.
He came in contact with the Indians, farmers, and labourers of the region, whose lives he later described in his works.
After unsuccessful efforts at poetry and novels, he began to draw upon his experiences in the
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
.
Later on, he became a teacher of literature at a school in
Mexico City. In 1921 he began writing for the ''
El Universal''
often under the Tulio F. Peseenz pseudonym. His stories were seen as exciting, humorous, and symbolic of Mexico. A
realist, many of his works concerned the oppression of
Native Americans. He was a contemporary of
Mariano Azuela
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 fi ...
and
Martín Luis Guzmán.
His first success was ''Campamento (''Encampment) in 1931.
This was followed by ''Tierra (''Earth) in 1932, a novel about the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and ''¡Mi general!'' (My General!) in 1934, a work on the lives of generals after the Revolution.
His most celebrated work is ''El indio'' (The Indian)'','' published in 1935, a fictional study of the life of Mexico's indigenous race.
His many other books include La siringa de cristal (1914), Clas de selva (1921), El vagabundo (1922), El alma del poblacho (1924), Arrieros (1937), Huasteca (1939), Una Carta a Dios (1940), A Letter to God,and many more.
He was awarded the
National Prize of Arts and Sciences in 1935.
Legacy
Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes
Zontecomatlán is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 378 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 216.33 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Tzon-tecoma-tla ...
, municipality in Veracruz
References
External links
A letter to God(A short story by GL Fuentes)
Mexican male poets
Mexican journalists
Male journalists
1890s births
2002 deaths
20th-century Mexican poets
20th-century Mexican male writers
People from Veracruz
Place of death missing
20th-century journalists
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