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He began his schooling in Colegio Torreón and later in the Escuela Juan Antonio de la Fuente, both in Saltillo. In 1908 he travelled to Mexico City and in 1913 obtained a law degree from the National Law School; in 1933 he was awarded a
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Departamento de Bibliotecas (Department of Libraries) and served as its literary classics editor. In 1921 he founded, along with
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Grupo Solidario del Movimiento Obrero. He taught literature for nearly half a century at several institutions, including the
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La Revista moderna de Mexico; discurso de ingreso en la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, correspondiente de la Española
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He formed part of the Ateneo de la Juventud, a literary generation that also included
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Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Julio Torri Programa Cultural Tierra Adentro
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in 1952. His parents were Julio S. Torri and Sofía Maynes de Torri.
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Tres libros: Ensayos y poemas, De fusilamientos, Prosas dispersas
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and the Coahuilan Institute of Culture (Icocult) established the
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Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
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Torri's oeuvre was distinctly influenced by his readings of
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the editorial Cultura. He was founder and director of the
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His nephew, Julio Torri Cervi, (1932–2003) was a famous
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and scholarly works as well. Considered one of the best
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He undertook poetic and 13: 413: 309: 274:ambassadorships to countries like 14: 686: 675:20th-century Mexican male writers 550: 665:20th-century short story writers 610:Mexican male short story writers 338:. He produced notable essays on 23: 534: 494:(edition Serge Zaïtzeff) (1995) 488:(edition Serge Zaïtzeff) (1987) 34:needs additional citations for 505: 440:(Heinrich Heine; Julio Torri ) 154:Academia Mexicana de la Lengua 1: 452:(Blaise Pascal; Julio Torri ) 456:Sentencias y lugares comunes 164: 159: 7: 615:Mexican short story writers 390:(Essays and Poems) (1917), 260:National Preparatory School 10: 691: 655:20th-century Mexican poets 16:Mexican writer and teacher 418:(list not comprehensive) 394:(On Executions ) (1940), 293: 252:Vicente Lombardo Toledano 208:Enrique González Martínez 181: 660:20th-century translators 498: 302:who lived for a time in 132:– May 11, 1970 in 635:Translators from German 630:Translators from French 670:20th-century essayists 600:Mexican male essayists 438:Las noches florentinas 434:Romances viejos (1918) 398:(Three Books) (1964), 650:Writers from Coahuila 480:Diálogo de los libros 462:La literaura española 406:of the Books) (1980, 400:Diálogo de los libros 212:Pedro Henríquez Ureña 204:Ricardo Gómez Robledo 138:Ateneo de la Juventud 625:People from Saltillo 486:El ladrón de ataúdes 248:José Clemente Orozco 174:in letters from the 43:improve this article 513:"Julio Torri Cervi" 429:Ensayos y fantasias 264:University of Texas 605:Mexican male poets 124:(June 27, 1889 in 122:Julio Torri Maynes 595:Mexican essayists 380:literary sketches 360:José Juan Tablada 332:Stéphane Mallarmé 119: 118: 111: 93: 682: 528: 527: 525: 524: 515:. Archived from 509: 444:De fusilamientos 423:Ensayos y poemas 392:De fusilamientos 388:Ensayos y Poemas 334:, and above all 228:José Vasconcelos 196:Alfonso Cravioto 192:Jesus T. Acevedo 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 690: 689: 685: 684: 683: 681: 680: 679: 580: 579: 553: 537: 532: 531: 522: 520: 511: 510: 506: 501: 416: 414:Published works 374:and writers of 312: 310:Literary oeuvre 296: 244:Xavier Guerrero 184: 167: 162: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 688: 678: 677: 672: 667: 662: 657: 652: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 622: 617: 612: 607: 602: 597: 592: 578: 577: 571: 565: 560: 552: 551:External links 549: 548: 547: 544: 541: 536: 533: 530: 529: 503: 502: 500: 497: 496: 495: 489: 483: 477: 471: 465: 459: 453: 447: 441: 435: 432: 426: 415: 412: 368:Heinrich Heine 328:Jules Laforgue 311: 308: 295: 292: 232:Luis G. 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Saltillo
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essay
short stories
prose
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
doctorate
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Rafael Cabrera
Jesus T. Acevedo
Alfonso Cravioto
Antonio Caso
Ricardo Gómez Robledo
Enrique González Martínez
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Salvador Novo
Alfonso Reyes

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