Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, 1834-1893

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano [1834-1893] was a Mexican poet and novelist of Nahua heritage. He joined Benito Juarez in opposition to Maximilian and played a part in the subsequent reconstruction of the republic. Altamirano served as representative to the national congress, as Supreme Court justice, and as president of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística. He became Mexico's consul general to Spain in 1889 and to France in 1890. Altamirano's work, which focused on Mexican society, includes: Rimas (1871, of which Special Collections holds "One of two known copies of the first edition"); Clemencia (1869); El Zarco (written 1885-1889, published 1901); Antonia (1872); Beatriz (1873); Cuentos de invierno (1880); and La Navidad en las montañas (1871). Altamirano edited the newspaper Correo de México .

From the guide to the Ignacio M. Altamirano Diary and Photographic Plate (MS 305), 1889-1892, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)

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