Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Biography:

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer journalist teacher and politician. Altamirano was born in Tixtla Guerrero of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla this allowed Ignacio to attend school there. He later studied in Toluca thanks to a scholarship that was granted him by Ignacio Ramírez of whom he was a disciple.