(Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, 1822 - Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, 1882)
\"José Milla y Vidaurre (August 4, 1822 in Guatemala City — September 30, 1882) was a notable Guatemalan writer of the 19th century. He was also known by the name Pepe Milla and the pseudonym Salomé Jil. Son of a governor of the state of Honduras in the Federal Republic of Central America, José Justo de la Milla y Pineda and Mrs. Mercedes Vidaurre Molina, the daughter of a wealthy Guatemalan family.He was married to his cousin, Mercedes Vidaurre and had 7 daughters and sons. Milla grew up in a time of great instability, where the struggles between liberals and conservatives were bringing chaos to Guatemala. He came from a well-to-do family and was not a politically relevant figure. However, it is known that he had conservative tendencies and came to public office under conservative governments. His works can be qualified under various literary genres, although they were mainly dedicated to story-telling, novels and more specifically historical novels. His main theme was life in the colonial Guatemala. His \"novelas costumbristas\" are about the customs of Guatemalan people during colonial times and during the first years after Guatemalan independence. In his works, he shows an ability for story-telling and imagination. For him, one of the main functions of literature was to entertain and his books are examples of such function. Jose Milla was well-educated, an expert of Guatemalan idiosyncrasies, its history and its customs.\"
\"José Milla y Vidaurre (Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, 4 de agosto de 1822-ib., 30 de septiembre de 1882) fue un escritor del siglo xix, considerado uno de los fundadores de la novela en la literatura de su país natal; en especial, él destacó en la narrativa histórica. También fue ministro de relaciones exteriores y embajador de Guatemala ante los Estados Unidos durante el Gobierno del general Rafael Carrera (1851-1865), siendo uno de los firmantes en 1859 del decreto en donde se cede Belice a la Gran Bretaña para explotar madera, a cambio de la construcción de una vía de comunicación entre la capital de Belice y la de Guatemala —carretera que Inglaterra jamás construyó—. Estuvo entre el grupo de periodistas que fundó el Diario de Centro América en 1880.\"