ʻO ka haku mele i hānau ʻia ma Veracruz, Veracruz, ke kūlanakauhale kahi i hoʻomaka ai kāna aʻo ʻana a hoʻomau i Jalapa.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā poʻokela nui o ʻAmelika, a ʻo kona ikaika a me kāna hopohopo a me ka noʻonoʻo e hoʻohuli i nā mea haku mele e like me Rubén Darío a me Santos Chocano. Mai ka makahiki 14 ua paʻi ʻo ia i nā mele a me nā ʻatikala nūpepa a ma 21 ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻoponopono o ka nūpepa La Sensitiva.
ʻO ka hana ʻino a nā ʻatikala āna i paʻi ai no ka nūpepa ʻo El Pueblolo i koi iā ia e haʻalele i ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 1876 no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I kona hoʻi ʻana (1878) ua pani ʻo ia i ka moku ʻo Jalancingo i ka ʻahaʻōlelo ʻo Veracruz.
He kāne hakakā ʻo ia no ka mea i loaʻa iā ia i kekahi mau hālāwai pilikino: ma Orizaba, ma muli o kahi hakakā maikaʻi ʻole, ua kī ʻia ʻo ia me kahi revolver a ua kīnā ka lima hema; ma ke awa o Veracruz ua ʻeha ʻo ia, akā i kēia manawa ua pepehi ʻo ia i kāna mea hoʻouka kaua.
He lunamakaʻāinana ʻo ia no ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ka Uniona a ua hāʻawi ʻia ma Mekiko, i ka makahiki 1844, nā haʻiʻōlelo wiwo ʻole i ka manawa o ka "ʻaiʻē Pelekane."
Kākau ʻolelo o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Veracruz, i ka makahiki 1892, ua pepehi ʻo ia iā Federico Wolter kahi āna i noho ai i ka hale paʻahao a hiki i ka makahiki 1896. I ka makahiki 1901 ua paʻi ʻo ia iā Lascas, ʻo ia wale nō ka puke āna i ʻae ai ma ke ʻano he ʻoiaʻiʻo, e hōʻike ana he hoʻopunipuni nā hoʻopuka mua o kāna mau mele.
I ka 1910 ua hopu hou ʻia ʻo ia no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i kekahi o kāna mau hoa i ka Chamber a hoʻokuʻu i ka makahiki ma hope o ka lanakila o ka kipi Maderista. ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻi ʻo ia i Jalapa e alakaʻi i ke kula hoʻomākaukau.
Ma 1913 ʻo ia ka luna o ka nūpepa ʻo El Imparcial, e kākoʻo ana i ka dictatorship o Victoriano Huerta, ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka usurper, i ka makahiki aʻe, pono ʻo ia e haʻalele i ka ʻāina. Ua hele ʻo ia i Santander a me Cuba, ma Havana ua loaʻa iā ia kāna berena ma ke ʻano he kumu.
I ka lanakila ʻana o ke keʻena kumukānāwai, i 1920, ua kala ʻo Carranza iā ia a ua hoʻi ʻia ʻo ia i ka ʻāina, eia naʻe, hōʻole ʻo ia i ka ʻae ʻana i nā kōkua kūhelu a me kahi hoʻokupu a nā mea mahalo iā ia i hoʻomākaukau ai, ua ʻae hou i ke alakaʻi o ke Kulanui. Hoʻomākaukau o Veracruz a me kahi noho o ka mōʻaukala.
I kona wā i make ai, ua loaʻa ka mahalo i kāna mau koena a ua hoʻohuli ʻia i ka Rotunda o Illustrious Men.
ʻO kāna mau mele mele mua i kākau ʻia ma lalo o ka mana o Victor Hugo, kahi e hoʻonoho ai i kēia mea haku mele i ke au o ka poʻe aloha, kahi au e kūlike ana me kāna ʻano hoihoi.
Mai ka makahiki 1884, ua ʻike ʻia kona loli ʻana mai ke aloha a i ka modernism i loko o kāna poema a me kāna prose, ʻoiai ʻo kāna loiloi i loko o kēia ʻano he wikiwiki a pōkole hoʻi.
ʻO Lascas, ma hope o kona hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana, hōʻike, ma kekahi ʻano, kona hoʻi ʻana i nā papa mele, ʻo ia hoʻi, i nā papa Paniolo, kahi a Quevedo lāua ʻo Góngora i mea nui ai i kāna mana.
Poet o ka hoʻohālikelike loa, pono kāna hana no ka ʻike o ka palapala Mekiko.
Hōʻiliʻili ʻia kāna hana ma:
ʻO Mekiko Parnassus (1886)
Nā Poems (Nu Ioka, 1895)
Poems (Palisa, 1900)
Lascas (Jalapa, 1901 me kekahi mau puka hou)
Nā Poems (1918)
Nā Poʻomanaʻo piha (UNAM, me nā memo na Antonio Castro Leal, 1941)
Poetic Anthology (UNAM 1953)
Prosas (1954)
