Marco Aurelio Almazan

Marco Aurelio Almazán, better known as Marco A. Almazán (Mexico City, January 22, 1922-Mérida, Yucatán, November 23, 1991), He was a Mexican writer and diplomat.

Biography

Confused with Marco Antonio Almazán, although according to his own words, he has never met any Cleopatra. He was born in the Mixcoac neighborhood of Mexico City, attending high school at the National Preparatory School. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1940 he went to New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, where he served as editor of the magazine South. In 1942 he returned to Mexico and took the exams at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enter the diplomatic career. He served in the Mexican delegation to the United Nations in New York, was sent as vice consul to London, England and in 1943, with the same position, to Beirut, Lebanon. In 1944, Spain and there his first book appeared, Joseph's Ark . In 1971 he returned and settled in Mérida, Yucatán, where he lived until his death.

Work

The style he uses is humorous, satirizing the customs of Mexican, Spanish, and any other society he considered worthy of parody. He was known as & # 34; the philosopher of joy & # 34;. Most of his books are compilations of short articles, since he collaborated in Excelsior , in the humorous column Claroscuro from 1964 to 1991, from which the book of the same name is derived.. He also wrote for the newspaper Novedades and for the magazines: Contenido, Kena, Del Consumidor, Revista of Magazines, He, as well as in newspapers, from Central and South America; the Caribbean and the southern United States.

Among his works the following stand out: Joseph's Ark, 1960; Chiaroscuro, 1967; National episodes in green sauce, 1972; The rediscovery of Mexico, 1972; The Long Range Cannon, 1973; El jibarito y la loma a dream come true (in collaboration with Mario Padilla) 1973; One Hundred Years of Humidity, 1974; Cash suffrage. No Return, 1976; Around the world with eighty aunts, 1976; The Almazán Zoo, 1976; Coffee, cognac and cigar, 1980; Pills and contraceptives, 1980; Humorism in C, D, E, F, G A, B for piano and orchestra , 1982; Real and true history of inventions, 1983; Readings for an office, 1988; And the bush keeps giving, 1989.

Other titles are: Whists and flutes, Eve in a nightgown, The book of comedies, The book of tragedies , Don Baldomero died a virgin, The one seen by the other, The Gormondians of Marfesia, The happiness that the rooster has, Behind Almazán's glasses, Pepeneo.

Some of his memorable articles are Aunt Eduviges' accounts, My post office box (in which is the explanation that clarifies the continuous confusion of his most illustrious person with the aforementioned Marco Antonio Almazán), Tango with mariachi accompaniment, and the Minidictionary of famous women.

His books were published by the Font, Panorama, Jus and Diana publishing houses.

Almazán and the cinema

His main work, with greater resonance and with numerous editions in Mexico and abroad, El rediezcubrimiento de México, which, in 1977 was made into a film in Spain by Fernando Cortés with the actors Alfredo Landa and Pancho Córdova.

He also participated in the development of scripts of relevance in Mexican cinema alongside Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", in the film His Excellence (directed by Miguel M. Delgado, 1966), For my guns (1968); intervening in the plot of The municipal president (directed by Fernando Cortés, 1973).

Prizes

The City Council (1976-1979) declared him an Honorary Citizen of the city of Mérida and edited his essay Humorism in Yucatán. In 1988 the State government awarded him the Yucatán Medal.

Famous Phrases

Three kinds of witnesses are said to exist:

- Those who have seen well, but doubt what they've seen.

- Those who have seen it wrong, but they think they've seen it right.

And those who haven't seen anything and make sure they've seen everything.

We never have to argue with a superior. because you risk being right.

There are women who don't know how to cook, yet they have fried husbands.

It's not true that married men live longer than singles, what happens is that time becomes longer

Marco A. Almazán