<P> After the Mexican Revolution, a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political, historic and folk themes in their work . The painters Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Siqueiros were the main propagators of Mexican muralism . Their grand murals often displayed on public buildings, promoted social ideals . Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo produced more personal works with abstract elements . Mexican art photography was largely fostered by the work of Manuel Álvarez Bravo . </P> <P> Mexican literature has its antecedents in the literature of the indigenous settlements of Mesoamerica . The most well known prehispanic poet is Netzahualcoyotl . Modern Mexican literature was influenced by the concepts of the Spanish colonialization of Mesoamerica . Outstanding colonial writers and poets include Juan Ruiz de Alarcón and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz . </P> <P> Other notable writers include Alfonso Reyes, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Maruxa Vilalta, Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz (Nobel Laureate), Renato Leduc, Mariano Azuela ("Los de abajo"), Juan Rulfo ("Pedro Páramo") and Bruno Traven . </P> <P> Mexico is the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world . Although the overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish, there is no de jure official language at the federal level . The government recognizes 62 indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages . </P>

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