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Alfonso Reyes "El regiomontano universal" was born in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1889, and died in Mexico City in 1959. He was the son of Bernardo Reyes, a former governor of Nuevo León and minister during the Porfirio Díaz regime. He published his first book, Cuestiones estéticas at the age of 21 and founded the Ateneo de la Juventud in 1910. This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernardo Reyes (born in Guadalajara, Mexico, August 1850) was a Mexico under Porfirio Díaz, governor of Nuevo León and father of the writer Alfonso Reyes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... Term of office: 29 November 1876 to 30 November 1880 (first term) – 1 December 1884 to 25 May 1911 (second term) Preceded by: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1876), Manuel González (1884) Succeeded by: Manuel González (1880), Francisco León de la Barra interim (1911) Date of birth... Jump to: navigation, search 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


He lived in Madrid between 1914 and 1924, where he excelled as a literary journalist, investigator, translator, critic, and writer. Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


He was a member of the Mexican diplomatic corps, serving in France, Argentina and Brazil before returning to his country in 1939 to organize what is today El Colegio de México. Jump to: navigation, search The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... El Colegio de México (informally: Colmex) is a prestigious Mexican institute of higher education, specialising in teaching and research in the fields of social sciences and the humanities. ...


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Alfonso Reyes Essay (1073 words)
Alfonso Reyes was one of the leading essayists from Mexico - indeed, from all of Latin America - during the first half of the 20th century.
Reyes' stylistic versatility in several genres - novels, short stories, poems, and plays - is obvious, but it is unquestionably in his essays that the broad humanism of his production is most evident.
From his youth Reyes was caught up in a search for Mexican identity and the influences of the conquered indigenous and the conquering Spanish cultures on the development of Mexico.
Alfonso Reyes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (137 words)
Alfonso Reyes "El regiomontano universal" was born in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1889, and died in Mexico City in 1959.
He was the son of Bernardo Reyes, a former governor of Nuevo León and minister during the Porfirio Díaz regime.
He published his first book, Cuestiones estéticas at the age of 21 and founded the Ateneo de la Juventud in 1910.
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