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Manuel Rodríguez
Madrid Book fair, 2023
Born	(1982-05-27) May 27, 1982 (age 42) Tequixquiac
Occupation	Architect and writer
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico

Manuel Rodríguez or Manuel Rodríguez Villegas (May 27, 1982) is a Mexican writer, translator, lexicographer and architect and creator of the first electronic Nahuatl dictionary and an other Indigenous languages from Mexico. His first novel, The Fruit of Holy Land, published in 2023, is story a of Jewish converts in the rural New Spain, This novel was translate to the Portuguese version in 2024. He also coordinates on the subject of literature on the Internet and digital writing.

Personal life

Youth

In 1999 he started as a student of La Salle high school in Pachuca, Hidalgo; he studied architecture at the Instituto Tecnológico de Pachuca in Hidalgo State.

In 2007 he joined the faculty at National Autonomous University of Mexico Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning. In 2016, he finished a postgraduate degree as a UNAM young researcher in city heritage revitalition.

Works

Linguistics

He edited the first Nahuatl electronic dictionary and wrote many indigenous vocabularies on eletronic system inside Instituto Tecnológico de Pachuca. He made two Nahuatl electronic dictionaries in 2004, on Aulex and Freelang. Manu began writing at Architecture Multimedia Room. These dictionaries have been consulted and used for new works on Nahuatl.

He visited the University of Warsaw for international conference about comprehensive models for research and revitlization about electronic endangered indigenous languages. He participated in several workshops on lexicography in the Nahuatl language.

Architecture

He was a professor in 2016 at the Autonomous University of Mexico State Campus Zumpango, as a reading and writing workshop teacher. Later he was a professor at the Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana de Hidalgo, teaching urban planning classes.

As an architect he has carried out the Second restoration work of Santiago Apóstol Parish in Tequixquiac in 2011 by CONACULTA and INAH, and he built the Restoration work of Eugenia León theather with César Rodríguez in Tlalnepantla de Baz in 2018. He has stood out as a restorer of old buildings or those with heritage value.

Novels

After having studied writing, style and Spanish grammar at the Casa Universitaria del Libro from UNAM, in order to prepare his research thesis for a master's degree, he embarked on the world of literary art. When he fell ill with COVID-19 in March 2021, he was quarantined in his own home and wrote his first novel.

He published his first novel at the Madrid book fair in Spain on May 27, 2023, entitled The fruits of Holy Land. A historical novel about the first inhabitants of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in rural areas. This novel was translate to the Portuguese version in 2024.

Publications

Linguistics

• 2006: First electronic Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary.

Architecture

• 2011: Second restoration work of Santiago Apóstol Parish in Tequixquiac.
• 2014: Santiago Tequixquiac, pueblo metropolitano.
• 2016: La revitalización de los centros históricos la calle 22, el centro histórico de Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.
• 2024: El centro histórico de Santiago Tequixquiac.

Novels

• 2023: Los frutos de Tierra Santa. ISBN 978-607-29-5835-7 .
• 2024: Caminito de los Andes.
• 2025: La anciana del viento.

References

1. "Manuel Rodriguez". Diccionario-Nahuatl-Espanol. Scribd.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
2. Palma, Óscar Cortés (28 December 2018). Manuel Rodriguez. ISBN 978-607-98291-0-0. Retrieved 9 January 2024. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
3. "Manuel Rodriguez". Purhepecha language. purhepecherka.tripod.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
4. "Manuel Rodriguez". The fruits of Holy Land. INDAUTOR. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
5. Manuel Rodriguez. openlibrary.org. OL 57350596M. Retrieved 9 January 2025. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
6. Os frutos da Terra Santa. es.scribd.com. OL 57350596M. Retrieved 17 January 2025. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
7. ITP (2016). "Buholegal". Routledge. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
8. SIIA UNAM (2016). "The urban planning revitalition of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche". Routledge. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
9. "De la política a la farándura". Noroeste. www.noroeste.com.mx. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
10. "Acta Medica de Sonora" (PDF). Biblat. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
11. "Revista Educación, Tecnología e Idiomas". Wordpress. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
12. "Adatl y los caminos en el Miktlan". INDAUTOR. isbnmexico.indautor.cerlalc.org. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
13. "International conference about comprehensive models for research and revitlization". UW. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
14. Manuel Rodriguez. openlibrary.org. OL 57350596M. Retrieved 9 January 2025. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
15. Os frutos da Terra Santa. es.scribd.com. OL 57350596M. Retrieved 17 January 2025. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
16. "Manuel Rodriguez" (PDF). Glosario electrónico Náhuatl. www.nacionmulticultural.unam.mx. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
17. UNAM (2016). "Trabajo de restauración de la Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol". es.scribd.com. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
18. UNAM (2014). "Santiago Tequixquiac, pueblo metropolitano". es.scribd.com. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
19. SIIA UNAM (2016). "The urban planning revitalition of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche". Routledge. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
20. UNAM (2024). "El centro histórico de Santiago Tequixquiac". es.scribd.com. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
21. "Manuel Rodriguez". The fruit of Holy Land. Scribd.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
22. "Los frutos de Tierra Santa". Autores Editores. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
23. "Manuel Rodriguez". Little way of the Andean Mountains. Scribd.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
24. "Caminito de los Andes". Autores Editores. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
25. "Manuel Rodriguez". The old woman of the Wind. Scribd.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

External links

• Dictionary on line Nahuatl-Spanish-Nahuatl Freelang
• The fruit of Holy Land Facebook

• 1982 births
• Living people
• People from Tequixquiac
• Lexicographers from Nahuatl
• National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
• Architects from State of Mexico
• Writers from the State of Mexico
• Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Mexico State
• Mexican male writers
• Mexican male novelists
• 21st-century Mexican novelists
• Mexican people of Portuguese descent
• Mexican people of Spanish descent
• Mexican translators
• Spanish-Nahuatl translators
• Spanish–Portuguese translators