Carlos F. Galán

Carlos F. Galán (1831 in Cadiz, Spain – October 1906 in Mexico City) was a Spanish-born writer, jurist and newspaper publisher in California and Mexico. He was an interpreter and translator of English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Galán was married to Laura H. Galán, and had twelve biological children, and two adopted sons. He resided in Mazatlan and Sinaloa, with his family until 1872. While in the academy, he was promoted to lieutenant for the Mexican Army.

Political life After the war, Galán moved to San Francisco. He began to study law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in that city.

Prominent works . He founded the first English and Spanish newspaper in lower California, called La Baja California. He published the first large weekly in Sinaloa, called the Occidental . From 1869 to 1872, Galán was also involved in another newspaper called La Voz de Pueblo, in Maztalan. His works show the cross-roads of U.S. and hemispheric U.S. literary history. Since the work dates to the late 19th Century, the focus on the region of California allows for a demonstration of the Latino/a community only a couple of decades removed from the aftermath of the U.S.-Mexican War.