Carlos Noriega Hope

Who was Carlos Noriega Hope?

Carlos Noriega Hope was a Mexican writer and journalist. Born in Tacubaya, Mexico City, he studied law and became a journalist. In 1919 he traveled to Hollywood to report on the new cinematographic industry. Besides writing the scripts for important films such as Santa, based on the book by Federico Gamboa, and Una Vida por otra, he published several short stories where he pictured the early rise of Hollywood. The book was edited under the names "La inutil curiosidad" and "Las experiencias de Miss Patsy"

He edited the literary journal El Universal Ilustrado, which was crucial for the diffusion of Stridentism.