José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
House of José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi in Mixcoac
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (born November 15, 1776 in Mexico City , then New Spain ; died June 21, 1827 there ) was a Mexican writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the novel El Periquillo Sarniento , which appeared during the Mexican War of Independence and is considered the first novel in Latin America . The work forms the first volume of the well-known multi-volume Spanish-language book series Sepan Cuantos by the Mexican publisher Librería Porrúa . His work La Quijotita y su prima was also included in this series (volume 71).
Works
- El pensador mexicano (1812), periodical
- El Periquillo Sarniento (1816)
- La Quijotita y su prima (1818)
- Noches tristes y día alegre (autobiography, 1818).
- Vida y hechos del famoso caballero Don Catrín de la Fachenda (1832)
- El triste de altamirano (1822)
See also
- El Periquillo Sarniento (Spanish)
References and footnotes
literature
- Karl-Otto Hübner: Morals and didactics in the narrative work Fernández de Lizardis. Münster: Lit, 1996
- Michael Rössner (ed.): Latin American literary history. 2nd edition, 2002
- Klaus-Dieter Ertler: Small history of the Latin American novel. (fool study books) 2002 ( partial online view )
Web links
Wikisource: José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi - Sources and full texts
- José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi in the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
- Works by José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi in the Internet Archive
- José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi at Angelfire
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fernández de Lizardi, José Joaquín |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | El Pensador Mexicano (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1827 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |