Julio Jiménez Rueda (April 10, 1896 – June 25, 1960) was a Mexican lawyer, writer,
playwright
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and diplomat.
Biography
Jiménez Rueda studied at the
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, and graduated in law at the
Universidad Nacional de México (later UNAM) in 1919. Later on, he was appointed as the director of the Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral of UNAM. He completed a doctoral degree of philosophy and literature in 1935. As a diplomat, he served in
Montevideo
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in 1920, and afterwards in
Buenos Aires
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until 1922. Back in Mexico he was the director of the General Archive of the Nation, and later president of the Centro Mexicano de Escritores. In 1923 he promoted the creation of the Municipal Theater, fostered the creation of the ''Unión de Autores Dramáticos'' (''Dramatic Writers' Union''), and participated in the
Teatro Ulises movement. He became a corresponding member of the
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
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on August 7, 1935, and of the
Academia Mexicana de la Historia
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History
While Antonio López de Santa Anna issued mandates to establish a Me ...
in 1954. He directed the
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the UNAM, where he taught Spanish literature for many years. He also was co-founder of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI).
''Fue Julio Jiménez Rueda un comprometido con la literatura clásic''
(Spanish), April 9, 2007.
Works
* ''Cuentos y diálogos'', 1918
* ''Sor Adoración del Divino Verbo'', 1923
* ''Lo que ella no pudo prever'', 1923
* ''Moisn. Historia de judaizantes e inquisidores'', 1924
* ''La silueta de humo'', 1928
* ''Resúmenes de literatura mexicana'' (essay), 1928
* ''Juan Ruiz de Alarcón'' (essay), 1934
* ''La desventura del Conde Kadski'', 1935
* ''Vidas reales que parecen imaginarias''
* ''Don Pedro Moya de Contreras, primer inquisidor de México'' (essay), 1944
* ''Herejías y supersticiones de la Nueva España'' (essay),1946
* ''Novelas coloniales'', 1947
* ''El humanismo, el barroco y la contrarreforma en el México virreinal'', 1951
* ''El doctor Francisco Castillo Nájera'', 1954
* ''Historia de la cultura en México, el mundo prehispánico'', 1957
* ''Literatura mexicana del siglo XIX''
External links
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References
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20th-century Mexican male writers
Diplomats for Mexico
Mexican dramatists and playwrights
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
1896 births
1960 deaths
20th-century Mexican dramatists and playwrights