Martín Luis Guzmán
Martín Luis Guzmán Franco (Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 6 de octubre de 1887 — México, D.F., 22 de diciembre de 1976) fue un periodista, intelectual, diplomático y literato mexicano al que se le considera, junto a Mariano Azuela, pionero de la novela revolucionaria, un género inspirado en las experiencias de la Revolución mexicana de 1910, la cual observó siguiendo a las tropas del general Francisco Villa.
En compañía de Alfonso Reyes, José Vasconcelos, Antonio Caso, Julio Torri, Pedro Henríquez Ureña y otros escritores formó parte del Ateneo de la Juventud e impartió conferencias en la Universidad Popular Mexicana.
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Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama; his parents were Mexican. Due to his father being a diplomat, during his childhood he lived in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago, and Buenos Aires. In his adolescence, he returned to Mexico, where he lived until 1965. He was married to film star Rita Macedo from 1959 till 1973, although he was an habitual philanderer and allegedly, his affairs - which he claimed include film actresses such as Jeanne Moreau and Je -
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Kristen Loesch
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José Vasconcelos
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Antonio Quilis
ANTONIO QUILIS (Larache, Marruecos, 1933 - Madrid, 2003), ha sido uno de los más prominentes filólogos del último siglo y una de las mayores autoridades en fonética de la lengua española.
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Se licenció y doctoró en Filología Románica en la Universidad de Madrid. Catedrático en la Universidad de Sevilla y luego en la Universidad de Valladolid. Desde 1975 hasta su jubilación estuvo vinculado a la cátedra de Lengua Española de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Entre sus múltiples cargos cabe destacar también el de director de la Revista de Filología Española y el de encargado del Laboratorio de Fonética Experimental del CSIC, entre otros muchos.
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