Rafael Delgado (20 August 1853 - 20 May 1914) was a Mexican author. In 1896, he became a 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 ...

, occupying the 12th (XII) chair. Rafael_Delgado

Biography

Source: Delgado was born on 20 August 1853 in

Córdoba, Veracruz Córdoba, known officially as Heroica Córdoba, is a city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It was founded in 1618. The city is composed of 15 barrios (neighborhoods) bounded to the north by Ixhua ...

, to Pedro Delgado and María de Jesús Sáinz. His parents were religious conservatives and moved the family to

Orizaba Orizaba () is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census ...

after increasing liberal sentiment in Córdoba. Delgado earned a degree in education from the Colegio Nacional de Orizaba, where he subsequently taught literature and history. Delgado was invited by

José López Portillo y Rojas José López Portillo y Rojas (May 26, 1850 – May 22, 1923), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup lea ...

, the

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 ...

, to serve as director of the state's department of education, though his arthritis forced him to return to Orizaba shortly afterward. He died on 20 May 1914, having never married.

Works

*''Mi vida en Soledad'' (1879) *''Antes de la boda'' monólogo (1899) *''La calandria'' novela (1890) *''Angelina'' novela (1893) *''Los parientes ricos'' cuentos y notas (1901) *''Historia vulgar'' novela corta (1904) *''Lecciones de literatura'' (1904) *''Lecciones de geografía histórica'' (1910) *''Sonetos'' publicación póstuma (1940) *''Mi única mentira...'' * Himno a Nicolás Bravo

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* * 1853 births 1914 deaths Mexican male writers Writers from Veracruz People from Córdoba, Veracruz People from Orizaba 19th-century Mexican writers 20th-century Mexican writers {{Mexico-writer-stub