Enrique Gómez Carrillo
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Enrique Gómez Carrillo in Paris
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February 27, 1873 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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November 29, 1927 Paris, France |
| Occupation | diplomat, writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Period | 19th century - 20th century |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
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| Spouse |
Aurora Cáceres (1905-1906) Raquel Meller (1919-1920) Consuelo Suncín (1926-1927) |
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Enrique Gómez Carrillo (February 27, 1873 in Guatemala City – November 29, 1927 in Paris) was a Guatemalan literary critic, writer, journalist and diplomat, and the second husband of the Salvadoran-French writer and artist Consuelo Suncin de Sandoval-Cardenas, later Consuelo Suncin, comtesse de Saint Exupéry, who in turn was his third wife; he had been previously married to intellectual Aurora Caceres and Spanish actress Raquel Meller.
He also became famous for his travels, chronicles, bohemian lifestyle and his notorious numerous love affairs. At one point he was falsely accused of being the one that betrayed Mata Hari and gave the famous German spy to the French during World War I.
In 1891 Gómez Carrillo won a scholarship to study in Spain, from then President of Guatemala Manuel Lisandro Barillas. Before moving there, he went to Paris, where he met several writers, such as Paul Verlaine, Moréas and Leconte de Lisle. He subsequently moved to France in 1892, becoming a journalist for a Spanish newspaper and becoming acquainted with many Parisian literary figures such as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and Émile Zola. The following year he published his first book, Esquisses, which includes profiles of several writers of the time, and contributed to several publications.
In 1898 he was back in Guatemala, and worked in the election campaign of interim president Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who rewarded him for his work by appointing him consul of Guatemala in Paris. Years later, the Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen also appoints him as a representative of Argentina. In 1895 he became a member of the Royal Spanish Academy. In France, he was awarded several times for his literary work: in 1906 he won the Montyon of the Académie Française for the French translation of his book The Japanese Soul. In 1916 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor, and later promoted to Commander in the same order.
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