Nationality Salvadoran | Name Jose Peralta | |
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Born July 25, 1873 Santa Tecla, El Salvador Died July 22, 1944
Guatemala City, Guatemala Occupation Writer, military engineer, and politician | ||
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José María Peralta Lagos (1873-1944), was a Salvadoran writer, military engineer, and politician. He wrote under the pseudonym T.P. Mechín.
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- Desfile c vico instituto nacional jos mar a peralta lagos
- Escuela general jos mar a peralta lagos en ilopango
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Peralta Lagos was born on July 25, 1873 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. He studied at the Academia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara, a military academy, in Guadalajara, Spain. He spearheaded the construction of the Teatro Nacional de El Salvador in the early 20th century, along with the engineer José Emilio Alcaine. He was a diplomatic representative of El Salvador in Spain and Minister of War and Navy under president Manuel Enrique Araujo (1911-1913). He also served as a member of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua.
Peralta Lagos's writing is costumbrista, is humorous, and is sometimes ironic.
His published works are: