José María Peralta Lagos should not be confused with José María Peralta.
| Honorific Prefix: | Brigadier General |
| José María Peralta Lagos | |
| Term Start: | 1 March 1911 |
| Term End: | 9 February 1913 |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1873 |
| Occupation: | Writer, military engineer, politician |
| Serviceyears: | ? – ? |
| Rank: | Brigadier General |
José María Peralta Lagos (25 July 1873 – 22 July 1944), was a Salvadoran writer, military engineer, and politician. He wrote under the pseudonym T.P. Mechín.[1]
Peralta Lagos was born on 25 July 1873 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. He studied at the Academia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara, a military academy, in Guadalajara, Spain. He spearheaded the construction of the Teatro Nacional de El Salvador in the early 20th century,[2] along with the engineer José Emilio Alcaine. He was a diplomatic representative of El Salvador in Spain and Minister of National Defense and Navy under president Manuel Enrique Araujo (1911–1913).[3] [4] He also served as a member of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua.
Peralta Lagos's writing is costumbrista, is humorous, and is sometimes ironic.[5] Peralta Lagos had eight children including Jose Maria Peralta Salazar, who served as president of the parliament of El Salvador in the 1950's.
His published works are: