Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Journalist, Author
1834 – 1893
Who was Ignacio Manuel Altamirano?
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician.
Altamirano was born in Tixtla, Guerrero, of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla, this allowed Ignacio to attend school there. He later studied in Toluca thanks to a scholarship that was granted him by Ignacio Ramírez, of whom he was a disciple. He founded several newspapers and magazines including El Correo de México, El Renacimiento, El Federalista, La Tribuna and La República.
Altamirano was president of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística from 1881 to 1889. He was also public prosecutor, magistrate and president of the Supreme Court, as well as senior officer of the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy.
Altamirano wrote several books which had considerable success in his time; among them were:
⁕Clemencia - considered the first modern Mexican novel
⁕La Navidad en las montañas
⁕Antonia
⁕Beatriz
⁕Cuentos de invierno
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- Born
- 1834
Tixtla - Nationality
- Mexico
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 13, 1893
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on July 23, 2013
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