La creación
work by Yáñez
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La creación is a novel by Mexican author Agustín Yáñez, published in 1959. It explores the new cultural atmosphere in Mexico following the Mexican Revolution, featuring some characters from Yáñez's earlier, acclaimed novel Al filo del agua.1
The term "Creacionismo" also refers to an experimental literary movement founded around 1916 by Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro in Paris. This movement emphasized the poet's role in creating an imaginary world through bold juxtapositions and original vocabulary, rather than describing reality.2
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