Alfonso Reyes

Alfonso Reyes was borned in Monterrey, Mexico in 1889, and died in Mexico City in 1959. He was the son of the Governor of Nuevo Leon during the Porfiro Diaz Regime, General Bernardo Reyes. In 1910 he participated in the foundation of the "Ateneo de la Juventud", and published his first book at the age of 21.

He lived in Madrid between 1914 and 1924, where he excelled as a literary journalist, investigator, translator, critic, and writer.

He was a Mexican diplomat who served in France, Argentina and Brazil, and so returned to his country until 1939, to organize what today is the Mexico College (El Colegio de Mexico, or COLMEX for short).