José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi

José Joaquín Eugenio Fernández de Lizardi Gutiérrez (November 15, 1776 – June 21, 1827) was a Mexican writer and political journalist. He is best known as the author of ''El Periquillo Sarniento'' (1816), translated into English as ''The Mangy Parrot'', reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America. Provided by Wikipedia