José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
1776
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1827
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Mexico
languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish
occupation: journalist, writer, poet
José Joaquín Eugenio Fernández de Lizardi Gutiérrez (November 15, 1776 – June 21, 1827), Mexican writer and political journalist, best known as the author of El Periquillo Sarniento (1816), translated as The Mangy Parrot in English, reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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