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Luis González De Alba
Luis González de Alba (March 6, 1944 – October 2, 2016) was a Mexican writer, psychologist, intellectual, and popular science writer. Biography Early years and education Luis González de Alba was born in the town of Charcas in the state of San Luis Potosí, but his family moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, when he was ten years old. He studied psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), although he never practiced because, after completing his studies, he got involved in the Mexican Movement of 1968. Afterwards, he primarily dedicated himself to writing and to his own business like restaurants and gay bars. González de Alba collaborated with various Mexican media outlets like , ''Excélsior'', , , , ''Siempre!'', ''Unomásuno'', and ''Nexos'', mainly writing opinion pieces and science journalism. In addition to his work in magazines and newspapers, he also published novels, short stories, essays, and poetry. National Strike Council Upon completing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Días Y Los Años
''Los días y los años'' (English: The Days and the Years) is a political novel and narrative account by Mexican author Luis González de Alba. Themes The novel describes the events surrounding the Mexican Movement of 1968, 1968 Mexican Student Movement from the author's point of view, including two of the incidents that preceded the massacre: #The formation of the National Strike Council, the protests, and the rallies. #The events leading to the Tlatelolco massacre, specifically the jailing of students, leaders, and professors in the Palacio de Lecumberri. The first edition, published in 1971 and limited to just 2,000 copies, had the following description on the back cover: Context González de Alba wrote the novel during the two years that he spent imprisoned in the Palacio de Lecumberri. Some of the central themes that surround the process of writing this novel include fights, marches, rallies, skirmishes, pursuits, defamation, corruption, state-sponsored terrorism, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |