Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician
- Lived
- 1834–1893
- Country
- Mexico
Updated September 2026
About Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican radical liberal writer, journalist, teacher and politician. He wrote Clemencia (1869), which is often considered to be the first modern Mexican novel.
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