Rafael F. Muñoz (May 1, 1899 – July 2, 1972) was a Mexican journalist, novelist and writer of short stories.

Life

Rafael Muñoz was born in

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on May 1, 1899 as the son of a wealthy farmer. He began his journalistic career at age 16 as a reporter of a daily newspaper in Chihuahua. He also met 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 ...

ary leader Pancho Villa, which kindled his fascination with the revolution. For his sympathy with the revolution he had to flee the country after the election of

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

in 1917 and worked as journalist in the southwestern

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. After the deposition of Carranza by General Álvaro Obregón in 1920, Muñoz returned to

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to study journalism. He wrote for the dailies ''El Heraldo'', ''El Gráfico'' and '' El Universal'' and later became director of ''El Nacional''. Rafael Muñoz became famous for his short stories and novels about the Mexican Revolution. In 1928 he published his first collection of stories called ''El feroz cabecilla''. In 1931 he published his most famous novel ''¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!'', which in 1935 became the basis of ''

Vámonos con Pancho Villa ''Let's Go with Pancho Villa'' (Spanish: ''Vámonos con Pancho Villa'') is a Mexican motion picture directed by Fernando de Fuentes in 1936, the last of the director's ''Revolution Trilogy'', besides ''El prisionero trece'' and ''El compadre Mend ...

'', directed by

Fernando de Fuentes Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 12, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films ''El prisionero trece'', ''El compadre Mendoza'', an ...

. Rafael Muñoz died in Mexico City on July 2, 1972.

Publications

Stories

* ''El feroz cabecilla. Cuentos de la Revolución en el Norte'' (1928) * ''El hombre malo y otros relatos'' (1930) * ''Si me han de matar mañana'' (1934)

Novels

* ''¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!'' (1931) * ''Bachimba'' (1934) {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Rafael 1899 births 1972 deaths Writers from Chihuahua People of the Mexican Revolution 20th-century Mexican writers 20th-century Mexican male writers