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Antonio Batres Jáuregui
A major Guatemalan intellectual of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he moved between public life and literary scholarship with unusual range. His work spans diplomacy, history, essays, stories, and language studies, making him a vivid guide to the culture and politics of his time.
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Los Indios, su Historia y su Civilización
by Antonio Batres Jáuregui
About the author
Born in Guatemala City on September 11, 1847, Antonio Batres Jáuregui became one of Guatemala’s best-known men of letters. He trained in law and built a career that reached across government service and the humanities, gaining recognition as a diplomat, minister, historian, essayist, storyteller, speaker, and philologist.
He served in foreign affairs during the liberal governments of Justo Rufino Barrios, José María Reina Barrios, and Manuel Estrada Cabrera. Alongside that public work, he wrote on language, history, and literature, earning a reputation as an important scholar and critic in Guatemala and Central America.
Batres Jáuregui died in Guatemala City on April 12, 1929. Today he is remembered as a wide-ranging writer whose books and essays preserve a rich picture of Guatemalan intellectual life in his era.