Brigadier General
José María Peralta Lagos
Minister of National Defense
In office
1 March 1911 – 9 February 1913
PresidentManuel Enrique Araujo
Preceded byFernando Figueroa
Succeeded byLuis Alonso Barahona
Personal details
Born25 July 1873
Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Died22 July 1944(1944-07-22) (aged 70)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political partyIndependent
Alma materAcademia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara
OccupationWriter, military engineer, politician
Military service
Allegiance El Salvador
Branch/serviceSalvadoran Army
Years of service? – ?
RankBrigadier General

José María Peralta Lagos (25 July 1873 – 22 July 1944), was a Salvadoran writer, military engineer, and politician. He wrote under the pseudonym T.P. Mechín.[1]

Biography

Peralta Lagos was born on 25 July 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,[2] along with the engineer José Emilio Alcaine. He was a diplomatic representative of El Salvador in Spain and Minister of National Defense and Navy under president Manuel Enrique Araujo (1911–1913).[3][4] 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.[5] Peralta Lagos had eight children including Jose Maria Peralta Salazar, who served as president of the parliament of El Salvador in the 1950's.

Works

His published works are:

  • Burla Burlando (collection of articles, 1923)
  • La Muerte de la Tórtola o Malandanzas de Un Corresponsal (novel, 1932)
  • Brochazos (short stories, 1925)
  • Dr. Gonorreitigorrea (novel, 1926)
  • Candidato (comedy in three acts, 1931)
  • Masferrer Humorista (essay, 1933)
  • Algunas Ideas Sobre la Futura Organización de la Enseñanza Superior de CA. (essay, 1936)

References

  1. ↑ Algunos de los escritores más sobresalientes de la literatura salvadoreña... Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Presidencia de la República de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Galeria Exministros" [Gallery of Ex-Ministers]. Fuerzaarmada.gob.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Peralta Lagos, José María (1873–1944)
  5. ↑ Escritores de El Salvador
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