Manuel Sánchez Mármol
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Manuel Sánchez Mármol was a Mexican
writer, journalist, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
, Tabasco
, Mexico
. His primary studies were carried out at a private school in his home town and, thanks to a scholarship, he went to study at the Conciliar Seminar of San Ildefonso in Mérida
, Yucatán
, when he was 14 years old. Still being young, around 1854, he got interested in journalism, and along with a classmate, he published two manuscript newspapers: El Rayo (The Lightning) and El Investigador (The Investigator). He later collaborated with El Album Yucateco (The Yucatecan Album) and with El Repertorio Pintoresco (The Colorful Repertory). He organized a literary society named "La Concordia" that edited a journal named La Guirnalda (The Garland). In El Clamor Público (The Public Outcry), a newspaper he founded with Pedro de Regil, Eligio Ancona and Ramón Aldana, Sánchez Mármol published his first political writings, for which he was later appointed as a councilman to the Mérida City Council. Along with Alonso de Regil and José Peón y Contreras, he published a book entitled Poetas yucatecos y tabasqueños (Yucatecan and Tabascan Poets) in 1961. With José Peón y Contreras and Manuel Roque Castellanos, he founded the satirical journal La Burla (The Mockery), which was suppressed by the state government of Yucatán.
During the years of the French intervention in Mexico
, Sánchez Mármol stood up for the liberal cause by means of his commentaries in the political weekly magazines El Disidente (The Dissident) and El Águila Azteca (The Aztec Eagle), the latter being created by himself. He also collaborated in El Repertorio Pintoresco of Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona and in El Federalista (The Federalist) and El Siglo XIX (The 19th Century) in Mexico City
. He occupied diverse public positions, among the ones that stand out are as General Secretary of the State Government and Magistrate of the Supreme Court in the state of Tabasco during the government of Colonel Gregorio Méndez Magaña. He got elected deputy in 1868; however, he did not take office until 1871, and was reelected several times for the state of Tabasco, being a member of the VI, VII and VII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico
, and member of the XI Legislature of the State Congress of Tabasco (1883–1884). He was also a representative for the states of Veracruz
and Mexico.
He was appointed Secretary of Justice to President José María Iglesias
. After the triumph of the Revolution of Tuxtepec, Sánchez Mármol retired to Tabasco, where Governor Simón Sarlat Nova appointed him Director of the Juárez Institute, nowadays Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, of which he became the first director since the opening of the institute on January 1, 1879, until the year of 1888.
In 1892, Sánchez Marmol moved to Mexico City where he opened his law firm
. He worked at the National Preparatory School where he taught History of Mexico and Literature. He died on March 6, 1912, in Villahermosa, Tabasco
.
writer, belonging to the group of great Mexican novelists of the latter years of the 19th century and the beginnings of 20th century, standing among other writers such as Rafael Delgado
, Emilio Rabasa, José López Portillo y Rojas
, Porfirio Parra, Victoriano Salado Álvarez
and Federico Gamboa, figures of the Mexican literary realism
. It is possible to see the influence of Juan Valera throughout his fiction writings. His first novel, El misionero de la cruz (The Missionary of the Cross), written in 1860, opened the road to the novel of the natives of Tabasco, even though the novel has Yucatán as a setting, state to which the destiny of Tabasco has been historically associated to. In 1871, Sánchez Mármol wrote Brindis de Navidad (Christmas Toast), a brief story published in Álbum de Navidad (Christmas Album). In 1882, he wrote the political satire Pocahontas, a novel that was lost given that there was only an original edition made on that year as indicated by the Tipográfica Juventud Tabasqueña press which in 2004 was printed again by the state government of Tabasco based on a copy available in the National Library of Mexico
that was given to Guillermo Prieto
by the author.
Mexican people
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writer, journalist, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
Biography
Manuel Sánchez Mármol was born to Ceferino Sánchez and Josefa Mármol on May 25, 1839, in CunduacánCunduacán
Cunduacán is a municipality in the central portion of the state of Tabasco, in Mexico. It is located at about 18°4'0"North, 93°10'0"West.It is located in the Grijalva River Region, Chontalpa subregion. Its name originates from the Mayan cum-ua-cán, which means "place of corn and serpents", which is...
, Tabasco
Tabasco
Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....
, Mexico
Mexico
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. His primary studies were carried out at a private school in his home town and, thanks to a scholarship, he went to study at the Conciliar Seminar of San Ildefonso in Mérida
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...
, Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....
, when he was 14 years old. Still being young, around 1854, he got interested in journalism, and along with a classmate, he published two manuscript newspapers: El Rayo (The Lightning) and El Investigador (The Investigator). He later collaborated with El Album Yucateco (The Yucatecan Album) and with El Repertorio Pintoresco (The Colorful Repertory). He organized a literary society named "La Concordia" that edited a journal named La Guirnalda (The Garland). In El Clamor Público (The Public Outcry), a newspaper he founded with Pedro de Regil, Eligio Ancona and Ramón Aldana, Sánchez Mármol published his first political writings, for which he was later appointed as a councilman to the Mérida City Council. Along with Alonso de Regil and José Peón y Contreras, he published a book entitled Poetas yucatecos y tabasqueños (Yucatecan and Tabascan Poets) in 1961. With José Peón y Contreras and Manuel Roque Castellanos, he founded the satirical journal La Burla (The Mockery), which was suppressed by the state government of Yucatán.
During the years of the French intervention in Mexico
French intervention in Mexico
The French intervention in Mexico , also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain...
, Sánchez Mármol stood up for the liberal cause by means of his commentaries in the political weekly magazines El Disidente (The Dissident) and El Águila Azteca (The Aztec Eagle), the latter being created by himself. He also collaborated in El Repertorio Pintoresco of Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona and in El Federalista (The Federalist) and El Siglo XIX (The 19th Century) in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. He occupied diverse public positions, among the ones that stand out are as General Secretary of the State Government and Magistrate of the Supreme Court in the state of Tabasco during the government of Colonel Gregorio Méndez Magaña. He got elected deputy in 1868; however, he did not take office until 1871, and was reelected several times for the state of Tabasco, being a member of the VI, VII and VII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico
Congress of Mexico
The Congress of the Union is the legislative branch of the Mexican government...
, and member of the XI Legislature of the State Congress of Tabasco (1883–1884). He was also a representative for the states of Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
and Mexico.
He was appointed Secretary of Justice to President José María Iglesias
José María Iglesias
José María Iglesias Inzaurraga was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and politician. From October 31, 1876 to January 23, 1877 he claimed the interim presidency of Mexico...
. After the triumph of the Revolution of Tuxtepec, Sánchez Mármol retired to Tabasco, where Governor Simón Sarlat Nova appointed him Director of the Juárez Institute, nowadays Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, of which he became the first director since the opening of the institute on January 1, 1879, until the year of 1888.
In 1892, Sánchez Marmol moved to Mexico City where he opened his law firm
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
. He worked at the National Preparatory School where he taught History of Mexico and Literature. He died on March 6, 1912, in Villahermosa, Tabasco
Tabasco
Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....
.
Work
Manuel Sánchez Mármol is considered an elegant castizoCastizo
Castizo is a Spanish word with a general meaning of "pure" or "genuine". The feminine form is castiza. From this meaning it evolved other meanings, such as "typical of an area" and it was also used for one of the colonial Spanish race categories, the castas, that evolved in the seventeenth...
writer, belonging to the group of great Mexican novelists of the latter years of the 19th century and the beginnings of 20th century, standing among other writers such as Rafael Delgado
Rafael Delgado
Rafael Delgado is a municipality located in the montane central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 140 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 39.48 km2.In 1831 the village of San Juan of the Rio constituted a municipality...
, Emilio Rabasa, José López Portillo y Rojas
José López Portillo y Rojas
José López Portillo y Rojas , born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man-of-letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup d'état leader and brief mexican president Victoriano Huerta, during the U.S. occupation of...
, Porfirio Parra, Victoriano Salado Álvarez
Victoriano Salado Álvarez
Victoriano Salado Álvarez was a Mexican writer, a prominent figure on the debate about Modernism in Mexican literature. Ha also was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico in 1911.-Biography:He was born in Teocaltiche in 1867...
and Federico Gamboa, figures of the Mexican literary realism
Literary realism
Literary realism most often refers to the trend, beginning with certain works of nineteenth-century French literature and extending to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors in various countries, towards depictions of contemporary life and society "as they were." In the spirit of...
. It is possible to see the influence of Juan Valera throughout his fiction writings. His first novel, El misionero de la cruz (The Missionary of the Cross), written in 1860, opened the road to the novel of the natives of Tabasco, even though the novel has Yucatán as a setting, state to which the destiny of Tabasco has been historically associated to. In 1871, Sánchez Mármol wrote Brindis de Navidad (Christmas Toast), a brief story published in Álbum de Navidad (Christmas Album). In 1882, he wrote the political satire Pocahontas, a novel that was lost given that there was only an original edition made on that year as indicated by the Tipográfica Juventud Tabasqueña press which in 2004 was printed again by the state government of Tabasco based on a copy available in the National Library of Mexico
National Library of Mexico
The National Library of Mexico is located in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. It was first established on October 26, 1833....
that was given to Guillermo Prieto
Guillermo Prieto
Guillermo Prieto Pradillo was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician...
by the author.
Works
- Novels
- El misionero de la cruz (1860)
- Pocahontas (1882)
- La pálida (1892)
- Juanita Sousa (1901)
- Antón Pérez (1904)
- Previvida (1906)
- Essay
- Las letras patrias (1902)
- México, su evolución social (1902)