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Manuel Sánchez Mármol (May 25, 1839 in Cunduacán, Tabasco – March 6, 1912 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) was a Mexican writer, journalist, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. ==Life and career== Manuel Sánchez Mármol was born to Ceferino Sánchez and Josefa Mármol on May 25, 1839, in Cunduacán, Tabasco, Mexico.〔("Homenaje a Don Manuel Sánchez Mármol" ), ''H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Cunduacán, Tabasco'', March, 2003.〕 His primary studies were carried out at a private school in his home town and, thanks to a scholarship, he went to study at the Conciliar Seminar of San Ildefonso in Mérida, Yucatán, when he was 14 years old.〔〔Hilda Bautista, "Presentación" en ''Previvida'' de Manuel Sánchez Mármol, Premiá Editora de Libros, S.A., Mexico, D.F., 1982.〕 Still being young, around 1854, he got interested in journalism, and along with a classmate, he published two manuscript newspapers: ''El Rayo'' (''The Lightning'') and ''El Investigador'' (''The Investigator'').〔Antonio Castro Leal, "Manuel Sánchez Mármol", ''Semblanzas de Académicos'', Ediciones del Centenario de la Academia Mexicana, Mexico, D.F., 1975, 313 pp.〕 He later collaborated with ''El Album Yucateco'' (''The Yucatecan Album'') and with ''El Repertorio Pintoresco'' (''The Colorful Repertory'').〔 He organized a literary society named "La Concordia" that edited a journal named ''La Guirnalda'' (''The Garland'').〔 In ''El Clamor Público'' (''The Public Outcry''), a newspaper he founded with Pedro de Regil, Eligio Ancona and Ramón Aldana, Sánchez Mármol published his first political writings, for which he was later appointed as a councilman to the Mérida City Council.〔 Along with Alonso de Regil and José Peón y Contreras, he published a book entitled ''Poetas yucatecos y tabasqueños'' (''Yucatecan and Tabascan Poets'') in 1961. With José Peón y Contreras and Manuel Roque Castellanos, he founded the satirical journal ''La Burla'' (''The Mockery''), which was suppressed by the state government of Yucatán.〔 During the years of the French intervention in Mexico, Sánchez Mármol stood up for the liberal cause by means of his commentaries in the political weekly magazines ''El Disidente'' (''The Dissident'') and ''El Águila Azteca'' (''The Aztec Eagle''), the latter being created by himself. He also collaborated in ''El Repertorio Pintoresco'' of Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona and in ''El Federalista'' (''The Federalist'') and ''El Siglo XIX'' (''The 19th Century'') in Mexico City.〔 He occupied diverse public positions, among the ones that stand out are as General Secretary of the State Government and Magistrate of the Supreme Court in the state of Tabasco during the government of Colonel Gregorio Méndez Magaña.〔 He got elected deputy in 1868; however, he did not take office until 1871, and was reelected several times for the state of Tabasco, being a member of the VI, VII and VII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico,〔 and member of the XI Legislature of the State Congress of Tabasco (1883–1884).〔("Historia del Congreso del Estado de Tabasco" ), ''H. Congreso del Estado de Tabasco'', accessed on December 24, 2007.〕 He was also a representative for the states of Veracruz and Mexico.〔〔Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, ("Cunduacán, Tabasco" ), ''e-local.gob.mx'', accessed on December 24, 2007.〕 He was appointed Secretary of Justice to President José María Iglesias. After the triumph of the Revolution of Tuxtepec, Sánchez Mármol retired to Tabasco, where Governor Simón Sarlat Nova appointed him Director of the Juárez Institute, nowadays Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, of which he became the first director since the opening of the institute on January 1, 1879, until the year of 1888.〔〔Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión, (Instituto Juárez ), ''Página Universitaria'' 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003.〕 In 1892, Sánchez Marmol moved to Mexico City where he opened his law firm. He worked at the National Preparatory School where he taught History of Mexico and Literature.〔 He died on March 6, 1912, in Villahermosa, Tabasco.〔Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, ("Centro, Tabasco" ), ''e-local.gob.mx'', accessed on December 24, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Sánchez Mármol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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