IGNACIO RODRÍGUEZ GALVÁN: BIOGRAPHY, STYLE, WORKS - LITERATURE - 2025

Ignacio Rodríguez Galván (1816-1842) was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, and politician; he also served as a journalist. His literary work was framed within the current of romanticism, and he has been considered one of the most outstanding intellectuals of the nineteenth century.

The writer spanned several genres of literature, including: narrative, poetry, and theater. His work was characterized by having a simple and expressive language. Many of his texts had as their environment the 16th century, a time when the Spanish colonized America.

Despite its short existence, Rodríguez Galván was able to publish several of his works, among which the following stood out: The Drop of Hiel, The Oidor's Daughter, The Procession, The Viceroy's Private and One hundred come after a bad. These books are deep in content and demonstrate excellent command of letters and language.

Biography

Birth and family

Ignacio Rodríguez Galván was born on March 12, 1816 in the town of Tizayuca in the state of Hidalgo. Although the data on his family nucleus are scarce, it is known that he came from a family with limited economic resources; his parents dedicated themselves to the work of the fields.

Rodríguez Galván's education

The writer was largely self-taught, that is, the knowledge he acquired in his childhood and adolescence was by his own effort, perhaps because his parents lacked the possibilities to provide him with studies. Ignacio Rodríguez Galván managed to learn languages ​​such as: Italian, French and Latin.

From a young age he had to work to help his family, so he got a job in a bookstore as a salesman. Later he was able to study at the renowned Academy of San Juan de Letrán, where he made friends with several intellectuals, such as: Guillermo Prieto and Fernando Calderón.

First literary steps

Rodríguez Galván began to materialize his passion for writing even before he was twenty years old. In 1836 he published his first novel entitled: La hija del oidor, at that time he also created the New Year newspaper and became head of the Calendar of the Mexican Ladies.

Then the writer began working as a columnist in the literature segment of the Diario del Gobierno. His second narrative work, Manolito el pisaverde, came to light in 1837, at which time he began to consolidate his career. The writer also earned good reviews with his plays.

Death

The life of the Mexican playwright was short, he was in full youth when his existence came to an end. Ignacio Rodríguez Galván died on July 25, 1842 in Havana, Cuba, due to yellow fever, when he was barely twenty-six years old.

Style

The writings of Ignacio Rodríguez Galván were characterized by having a simple, precise and well structured language, with the constant use of exclamatory and interrogative expressions. There were in many of his poems feelings of loneliness, hopelessness, religion, love and passion.

In the case of novels, the writer developed a short narrative, whose content had certain social and political features of the Mexico of his time. Also in his theater the presence of events related to the arrival and conquest of the Spanish to the New World was common.

Plays

Poetry

Novel

Fragments of some of his works

Goodbye, my homeland

"Glad the sailor

in a slow voice sing, and the anchor already lifts

with strange rumor.

From the chain to the noise

unholy sorrow stirs me.

Goodbye, oh my homeland,

goodbye land of love.

… Sitting in the stern

I contemplate the immense sea, and in my misery I think

and in my stubborn pain.

… I think that in your enclosure

there are those who sigh for me, who looks to the east

looking for her lover.

My chest deep groans

trust the breeze.

Goodbye, oh my homeland, goodbye, land of love ”.

The drop of gall

“Lord! Lord, your anger overwhelms me!

Why is the cup of martyrdom filled?

My heart is tired of sorrows.

Enough, enough, Lord.

It boils on fire by the Cuban sun

my whole blood and exhaustion expire, I look for the night, and in the bed I breathe

devouring fire.

… I know, Lord, that you exist, that you are just, that the book of destiny is in your sight, and that you watch the triumphant path

of sinful man.

It was your voice that thundered in the sea

when the sun goes down in the west,

when a wave rolled sadly

with strange roar… ".

To the dance of the president

"Dance while he cries

the people in pain,

dance until dawn

to the beat of the moan

that at your door the orphan

hungry will launch.

Dance! Dance!

Nudity, ignorance

an affront to our offspring, pride and arrogance

with pride he flaunts, and brutalizes his spirit

clumsy immorality.

Dance! Dance!

Schools flood

ignorant and futile mob

that founds his greatness

in forbidding us what is useful, and leads us hypocrite

down the path of evil

Dance! Dance!

… Your singer as

my chest swollen with fear

turns into black cloak

in tears undone

and prepare from Mexico

the funeral hymn.

Dance! Dance! ”.

The hearer's daughter

“… But he had barely walked a short space, when the indefatigable singer continued his bolero:

'There are subjects in Mexico

that they are thieves;

and they walk freely…

-if they are hearers'.

The hearer felt a general disturbance throughout his body; he did not understand a single word of what the man was singing; but he could not suffer the mockery that was made disobeying his orders…

–How scared dad! Said the young woman, "Why shouldn't we bring the car?"

"Because of you, who wanted to go on foot." But it's my fault to get you out: the woman must always be locked up in her house.

-But…".

References

1. Ignacio Rodríguez Galván. (S. f.) Cuba: Ecu Red. Recovered from: ecured.cu.
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3. Ignacio Rodríguez Galván. (2019). Spain: Wikipedia. Recovered from: es.wikipedia.org.
4. Ignacio Rodríguez Galván. The drop of gall. (S. f.). Mexico: Poems of the Soul. Recovered from: poemas-del-alma.com.
5. Moreno, V., Ramírez, M. and others. (2018). Ignacio Rodríguez Galván. (N / a): Search Biographies. Recovered from: Buscabiografias.com.