FILATELIA OF MEXICO
“AGUSTÍN YÁŃEZ, CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY"
DAY OF ISSUE: 04-May
THEY ARE EMITTED ALSO ENVELOPE AND PAMPHLETS
“AGUSTÍN YÁŃEZ, CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY" Agustín Yánez was born in the city of
Guadalajara the 4 of May of 1904. Right study in Guadalajara and philosophy in
the Governing UNAM of the state of Jalisco of 1953 to 1959 and secretary of
education public from 1964 to 1970.
The edge of the water (1947), thanks to the use of the inner monologo renewed
the national niovelist with a, the points of view and the poliphonic composition
and I create a bridge between the novelists of beginning of century XX and the
vanguard of the Fifties.
With Juan Jose Arreola and Juan Rulfo it laid the the foundations of the
contemporary Mexican narrative. In addition to a the edge of the water, Yánez I
publish other works of importance, as the volume of stories flower of old games
(1942) and the novels the creation (1959) the Earth lavishes (1960) haggard and
painted (1960) and skinny earth (1962).
In 1973 it received the national prize of letters died in the city of Mexico the
17 of January of 1980.
With this reason, the Mexican postal service emits a commemorative stamp
“AGUSTIN YÁŃEZ, CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY”
- DESIGNER: E. HERNANDEZ
- TECHNICAL: BY COMPUTER
- USED: RED MAGENTA, YELLOW, BLACK AND CYAN, OF SECURITY
- TYPE OF IMPRESSION: OFFSET
- SO LARGE: 40 x 24 mm
- PERFORATION: 13 OF COMB
- LEAVES WITH: 50 STAMPS
- PAPER: WHITE COUCHÉ KILLS A GUMMED FACE OF 110 G/M ˛
- PRINTED BY: SHOP OF STAMPS AND VALUES
- ISSUE: 300.000
- FACE VALUE: $8.50
