Gregorio lopez y fuentes autobiography of benjamin
Mexican Novelist, Author, Poet ....
2. About the author - G. L. Fuentes
Gregorio López y Fuentes was a Mexican novelist, poet, and journalist.
Gregorio lopez y fuentes autobiography of benjamin
He was born on November \(17\), \(1895\), on a ranch in the Huasteca region of Veracruz. He began writing at the age of fifteen, just as the Mexican Revolution broke out. He is best known for being one of the most important chroniclers of the Mexican Revolution and its effects.
In his childhood, Fuentes spent much time in his father’s general store, where he came in contact with the Indians, farmers, and labourers of the region, whose lives he would later describe with deep insight.
After unsuccessful efforts at poetry and novels, he began to draw upon his experiences in the Revolution. His first success, Campamento (\(1931\); “Encampment”), was followed by several others dealing with aspects of the Revolution, including Tierra (\(1932\); “Earth”), a novel about the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata; ¡Mi general! (\(1934\); “My General!”), a work on