1. Guillermo Prieto Pradillo was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician.
11 Facts About Guillermo Prieto
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Guillermo Prieto's childhood was spent near the Molino del Rey, next to the historic Chapultepec Castle, since his father administered the mill and the associated bakery.
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When Guillermo Prieto was 13 his father died and his mother had a nervous breakdown.
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Guillermo Prieto began his career as a journalist and theater critic with El Siglo XX, publishing the column Los San Lunes de Fidel.
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Guillermo Prieto worked for El Monitor Republicano, and together with Ignacio Ramirez he founded the satirical periodical Don Simplicio.
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Guillermo Prieto became personal secretary of Valentin Gomez Farias and Anastasio Bustamante, in succession.
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Guillermo Prieto was minister of finance under Presidents Mariano Arista, Juan Alvarez and Benito Juarez.
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Guillermo Prieto composed the satirical song of the Liberal army, "Los cangrejos".
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Guillermo Prieto later served as minister of foreign relations in the government of Jose Maria Iglesias.
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Guillermo Prieto was named by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano the "Mexican poet par excellence, the poet of the Fatherland".
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Guillermo Prieto died in Tacubaya on 2 March 1897 at age 79, in the presence of his second wife, Emilia Golard, his children and his grandchildren.