biography
pronunciation:
[rayes]
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| (1889–1959)
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| biography:
| Literary scholar, poet, and diplomat, born in Monterrey, NE Mexico. He studied law, entered the diplomatic sevice (1913), served in Spain (1920–7), and was periodically ambassador to Argentina and Brazil. Over the years he established himself as a literary scholar of great authority, producing both academic and creative works including Visión de Anáhuac (1917, Vision of Anáhuac), El plano oblicuo (1920, The Oblique Plane), and Reloj de sol (1926, Sundial). Upon retirement as a diplomat (1939), he was generally regarded as the century's master of Mexican letters. |
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