Mexican literature
Mexican literature plays an important role in Mexican culture. In particular, there were many important Mexican scholars and writers during the time of the Mexican Revolution. Perhaps the most famous and influential writer of that time was Mariano Azuela. He is known for writing the first novel of the Revolution. He was born in 1873, in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico. He started writing early. He was a liberal who supported Francisco I. During the war he was a doctor on the battlefield, so he witnessed many horrific scenes himself. He wrote The Underdogs (Los de abajo) in Texas in 1915. The Underdogs is about the Mexican Revolution. It achieved great success all over the world. Azuela continued writing after that, but he became very disappointed with all of the corruption that was happening in his country. You can see this in the sarcasm of his later works entitled Las moscas, El camarada Pantoja, and La luciernaga.
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