Julio Jiménez Rueda (April 10, 1896 â€" June 25, 1960) was a Mexican
lawyer, writer, playwright and diplomat.Jiménez Rueda studied at the
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, and graduated in law at the Universidad
Nacional de México (later UNAM) in 1919. Later on, he was appointed
as the director of the Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral of UNAM. He
completed a doctoral degree of philosophy and literature in 1935. As a
diplomat, he served in Montevideo in 1920, and afterwards in Buenos
Aires until 1922. Back in Mexico he was the director of the General
Archive of the Nation, and later president of the Centro Mexicano de
Escritores. In 1923 he promoted the creation of the Municipal Theater,
fostered the creation of the Unión de Autores Dramáticos (Dramatic
Writers' Union), and participated in the Teatro Ulises movement. He
became a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua on
August 7, 1935, and of the Academia Mexicana de la Historia in
1954.[1] He directed the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the
UNAM, where he taught Spanish literature for many years.[2] He also
was co-founder of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura
Iberoamericana (IILI).[3]
lawyer, writer, playwright and diplomat.Jiménez Rueda studied at the
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, and graduated in law at the Universidad
Nacional de México (later UNAM) in 1919. Later on, he was appointed
as the director of the Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral of UNAM. He
completed a doctoral degree of philosophy and literature in 1935. As a
diplomat, he served in Montevideo in 1920, and afterwards in Buenos
Aires until 1922. Back in Mexico he was the director of the General
Archive of the Nation, and later president of the Centro Mexicano de
Escritores. In 1923 he promoted the creation of the Municipal Theater,
fostered the creation of the Unión de Autores Dramáticos (Dramatic
Writers' Union), and participated in the Teatro Ulises movement. He
became a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua on
August 7, 1935, and of the Academia Mexicana de la Historia in
1954.[1] He directed the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the
UNAM, where he taught Spanish literature for many years.[2] He also
was co-founder of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura
Iberoamericana (IILI).[3]
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