Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza was born in Veracruz on 13 October 1789, the son of Brigadier Pedro Fernández de Gorostiza, governor of the port, and of the poet Rosario Cepeda. Taken to Spain as a child, he left ecclesiastical studies for the army, which he left as a colonel, and became known for his comedies; a liberal, he was banished in 1823. Having rallied to independent Mexico, he represented it in the Netherlands from 1824, then in London and Washington, and became minister of Foreign Affairs in 1838-1839, then of Finance. He died in Tacubaya on 23 October 1851.

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• TheatreContigo pan y cebollaManuel Eduardo de Gorostiza · 1833not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain