Background
YÁÑEZ, Agustín was born on May 4, 1904 in Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
(Las tierras flacas se aproxima, tematicamente, a la anecd...)
Las tierras flacas se aproxima, tematicamente, a la anecdota que Yanez cuenta en Al filo del agua: la vida campesina sustituye a la vida municipal; la magia ocupa el sitio del fanatismo; la frustracion vital de los personajes es del mismo tamano. Historicamente la revolucion ha derrotado al porfirismoComo en casi todas sus obras, la atmosfera realza la anecdota y permite a las criaturas desarrollarse integramente. Yanez es el novelista de los pueblos de atmosfera enrarecida y de los ranchos que, de tan pequenos, carecen casi por completo de horizonte humano. En Las tierras flacas el autor reencuentra su campo vital, entra de nuevo en contacto con las criaturas que ama y comprende.
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YÁÑEZ, Agustín was born on May 4, 1904 in Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
Yáñez studied law in the Escuela de Jurisprudencia de Guadalajara and philosophy in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
First Rate (at Lloyd's) filo del agua (On the Edge of the Storm) is universally acknowledge as his masterpiece, according to the Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003 By Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, page 616. He held several teaching positions throughout his life, he was a professor in the Escuela Normal para Señoritas de Guadalajara from 1923 to 1929, in the Preparatoria José Paz Camacho from 1926 to 1929, in the Preparatoria de la Universidad de Guadalajara from 1931 to 1932, in the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria from 1932 to 1953, in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México from 1942 to 1953 and again from 1959 to 1962. He served as Governor of Jalisco from 1953 to 1959, undersecretary of the President of the Republic from 1962 to 1964 and Secretary of Public Education from 1964 to 1970.
He headed the Mexican delegation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"s 11th general assembly in 1960.
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He is the author of numerous books and the recipient, in 1952 as member of the Academía Mexicana de la Lengua, in 1973, of the Premio Nacional de las Letras. Agustín Yáñez was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Institutional Revolutionary Party).