Salvador Pruneda

[Mexico] (b 1895/d 1986)

"Journalist, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Writer and Cinema Pioneer in Mexico, Salvador Pruneda started his education in the City of Veracruz and ended it in the Capital Mexico City in 1909...his first work in the press was at the age of 12 when he published some cartoons for the Magazine 'El Jacobino'...(...) with the start of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, a brief period of activity in Politics , led him to be a Founding member of the Liberal Constitutional Party... (..) in the following years he continued to collaborate with several Magazines and during the 20's he made a small trip to the US where his interest for the Cinema and the Movies started to grow rapidly leading him to start writing articles about cinema...during his life ,he worked for almost 75 different Magazines ,both in Mexico and in the US..in 1925 he started also to work as a director in small documentaries or short films and in 1929 he published his first book .(..)

He was awarded many times with several National honors, related to the cinema and tohis work as Graphic Artist... "

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Biography and Photo : escritores.cinemexicano.unam.mx

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Mexico 1965 "International Co-operation Year" (1) [Photo] Sc(964)

Mexico 1965 "AIR MAIL / Visit of the Belgian King and Queen" (1) [Photo] Sc(C306)

Mexico 1966 "Centenary of the Agrarian Reform Law" (2,2,2) [Photo] Sc(968,969) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Mexico 1966 "AIR MAIL / 50th Death Anniversary of Ruben Dario" (1) [Photo] Sc(C312)

Mexico 1966 "400th Death Anniversary of Friar Bartólómé de Las Casas" (1) [Photo] Sc(971)

Mexico 1966 "AIR MAIL / UN Secretary General Visit to Mexico" (1) [Photo] Sc(C316)

Mexico 1967 "AIR MAIL / 50th Anniversary of First Mexican AirMail Flight" (2,2,2) [Photo] Sc(C325,C326)

  
Mexico 1967 "AIR MAIL / International Telecommunications Plan Conference,Mexico City" (1) [Photo] Sc(C332)

Mexico 1968 "Centenary of Mexican Preparatory School" (1) [Photo] Sc(988)

Mexico 1972 "AIR MAIL / Mexican Arts and Sciences (2nd Series)" (5,5,5) [Photo] Sc(C396,...,C400) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Mexico 1973 "AIR MAIL / 500th Birth Anniversary of Nicholas Copernicus" (1) [Photo] Sc(C416)

Mexico 1973 "50th Anniversary of "Antonio Narro" Agricultural College, Saltillo" (1) [Photo] Sc(1053)

Mexico 1973 "AIR MAIL / Argentina's Gift of San Martin Monument" (1) [Photo] Sc(C423)

Mexico 1974 "2nd Spanish american Literacy Studies Congress,Mexico city" (1) [Photo] Sc(1066)

Mexico 1974 "AIR MAIL / Birth Centenary of Felipe Puerto" (1) [Photo] Sc(C435)