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{{Short description|Mexican lawyer, writer, playwright and diplomat}}
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'''Julio Jiménez Rueda''' (April 10, 1896 – June 25, 1960) was a Mexican lawyer, writer, [[playwright]] and diplomat.
==Biography==
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.<ref>[http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/j/jimenez_rueda.htm ''Julio Jiménez Rueda''] (Spanish), Biografías y Vidas.</ref> He directed the [[Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM)|Faculty of Philosophy and Literature]] of the UNAM, where he taught Spanish literature for many years.<ref>José Luis Martínez: [http://www.acadmexhistoria.org.mx/miembrosANT/res_julio_jimenez_rueda.pdf ''Julio Jiménez Rueda 1896–1960''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615104915/http://www.acadmexhistoria.org.mx/miembrosANT/res_julio_jimenez_rueda.pdf |date=2011-06-15 }} (Spanish), UNAM.</ref> He also was co-founder of the [[Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana]] (IILI).<ref>[http://www.munhispano.com/index.php?nid=255&sid=1083123 ''Fue Julio Jiménez Rueda un comprometido con la literatura clásic''] (Spanish), April 9, 2007.</ref>
==Works==
* ''Cuentos y diálogos'', 1918
* ''Sor Adoración del Divino Verbo'', 1923
* ''Lo que ella no pudo prever'', 1923
* ''Moisn. Historia de judaizantes e inquisidores'', 1924
* ''La silueta de humo'', 1928
* ''Resúmenes de literatura mexicana'' (essay), 1928
* ''Juan Ruiz de Alarcón'' (essay), 1934
* ''La desventura del Conde Kadski'', 1935
* ''Vidas reales que parecen imaginarias''
* ''Don Pedro Moya de Contreras, primer inquisidor de México'' (essay), 1944
* ''Herejías y supersticiones de la Nueva España'' (essay),1946
* ''Novelas coloniales'', 1947
* ''El humanismo, el barroco y la contrarreforma en el México virreinal'', 1951
* ''El doctor Francisco Castillo Nájera'', 1954
* ''Historia de la cultura en México, el mundo prehispánico'', 1957
* ''Literatura mexicana del siglo XIX''
==External links==
* {{IAI|398857431}}
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[[Category:20th-century Mexican male writers]]
[[Category:Mexican diplomats]]
[[Category:Mexican dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico]]
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1960 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Mexican dramatists and playwrights]]