Alfonso Reyes

Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author (died 1959)

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Born: May 17, 1889
Died: December 27, 1959
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1889

About Alfonso Reyes

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authors in the Spanish language. He served as ambassador of Mexico to Argentina and Brazil. In 1911, Reyes published his first book, Cuestiones estéticas. He published numerous essays about poetry of the Spanish Golden Age, such as Baroque y Góngora; on top of that he was one of the first writers to study the poetry of Juana Inés de la Cruz.

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The world when Alfonso Reyes was born

Alfonso Reyes was born in 1889. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineEiffel Tower opens for Paris World's Fair
Technology milestoneEiffel Tower — world's tallest structure
World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
U.S. population58.6M

1889 versus 2026

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Measure	1889	2026
Population	58.6M	341 million

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