Ermilo Abreu Gómez
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Ermilo Abreu Gómez was a writer
, journalist
and lecturer
born in Mérida, Yucatán, México
. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1963. He was also a professor in several Universities in the USA. He died in Mexico City
in 1971.
The interest that Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz woke up in him became the passion of his life and it also led him to become her main critic. His most well-known work is Canek
(1940), a story about the old Mayan
people.
As a curiosity the commentary of the author on the book "Canek":
"And Nymph lost the best pages!". (Nymph was his wife who typed the original).
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, journalist
Journalist
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and lecturer
Lecturer
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born in Mérida, Yucatán, México
Mexico
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. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1963. He was also a professor in several Universities in the USA. He died in Mexico City
Mexico City
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in 1971.
Partial list of works
His literary work was varied, over a long period of time:- La Xtabay (1919)
- El Corcovado (1924)
- Clásicos. Románticos. Modernos (1934)
- Canek (1940)
- Héroes Mayas (1942)
- Un Loro y tres Golondrinas (1946)
- Quetzalcóatl, sueño y vigilia (1947)
- Naufragio de indios (1951)
- La conjura de Xinúm (1958)
- Cuentos para contar al fuego (1959)
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, bibliografía y biblioteca (1934)
- Diálogo del buen decir (1961)
The interest that Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz woke up in him became the passion of his life and it also led him to become her main critic. His most well-known work is Canek
Jacinto Canek
Jacinto Canek, or Jacinto Uc de los Santos was an 18th-century Maya revolutionary who fought against the Spanish in the Yucatán Peninsula of New Spain....
(1940), a story about the old Mayan
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
people.
As a curiosity the commentary of the author on the book "Canek":
"And Nymph lost the best pages!". (Nymph was his wife who typed the original).
See also
- Mexican literature