Enrique Fernández Ledesma

Birth:

April 15, 1888 in Pinos, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Death:

November 9, 1939 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Occupation:

Writer, poet, literary critic, librarian, academic, cultural promoter.

Awards:

Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.

Enrique Fernández Ledesma was born on April 15, 1888, in Los Pinos, state of Zacatecas (Mexico). He was an outstanding poet, narrator, essayist, writer of literary chronicles, art commentator and journalist. From a young age, he moved to the city of Aguascalientes where he studied and met Saturnino Herán, Manuel M. Ponce and Ramón López Velarde.

In 1910, he was editor of the newspaper "El Noticiero" and directed the weekly "Zig Zag", where he also published poems, literary chronicles and art commentaries. He also collaborated with El Universal, México Moderno, Pegaso and Revista de Revistas. Later, he moved to Mexico City, where he developed his profession as a writer and literary critic.

From 1929 to 1936, he was deputy director and director of the National Library of Mexico, which served him to promote reading through radio where he broadcast "Bibliográficos y críticos de la Biblioteca Nacional de México". He was also responsible for the installation of the Hemeroteca Nacional in the chapel of the Third Order and was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. Finally, he was director of the reprint of Los mexicanos pintados por ellos mismos.

On the other hand, he installed the National Library in the old temple of Saint Augustine and the Chapel of the Third Order. At the same time he developed his interest in the study of graphic arts, practicing specialized criticism in different cultural spaces. He was elected corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Language, where he worked until his death in Mexico City on November 9, 1939.

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