Purchase one of 1st World Librarys Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks Visit us online at www1stWorldLibraryORG Mariano Azuela the first of the quotnovelists of the Revolutionquot was born in Lagos de Moreno Jalisco Mexico in 1873 He studied medicine in Guadalajara and returned to Lagos in 1909 where he began the practice of his profession He began his writing career early in 1896 he published Impressions of a Student in a weekly of Mexico City This was followed by numerous sketches and short stories and in 1911 by his first novel Andres Perez maderista Like most of the young Liberals he supported Francisco I Maderos uprising which overthrew the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and in 1911 was made Director of Education of the State of Jalisco After Maderos assassination he joined the army of Pancho Villa as doctor and his knowledge of the Revolution was acquired at firsthand When the counterrevolutionary forces of Victoriano Huerta were temporarily triumphant he emigrated to El Paso Texas where in 1915 he wrote The Underdogs Los de abajo which did not receive general recognition until 1924 when it was hailed as the novel of the Revolution
