Manuel Payno (21 June 1810 – 5 November 1894) was a Mexican writer, journalist, politician and diplomat. His political ideology was moderate liberal. Payno's most notable literature work include '''' ("The Bandits of Río Frio"), a costumbrista novel deemed an iconic piece of Mexican literature that has been an inspiration source for other writers and artists, and also from which several film adaptations have been made.
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