Yolanda Vargas Dulché

Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra (pronounced [ʝoˈlanda ˈβaɾɣas ðulˈtʃe ðe la ˈpara]; July 18, 1926 Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico – August 8, 1999 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín and various telenovelas for Mexican television.

By 1960, she has successfully published a number of comic books, encouraging her husband, Guillermo de la Parra, to write as well.

[3] During her career she was a singer, journalist, mother and businesswoman, but she is best known for her comic book work, especially Memín Pinguín, and the writing and producing of telenovelas from the 1940s to the 1990s.

[2][3] She then began writing essays and stories for the El Pepín magazine, where she first created a black character in the 1940s which would develop into Memín Pinguín.

Their combined success provided sufficient income to found Grupo Editorial Vid and begin to produce telenovelas and films with their major productions being "Cinco rostros de mujer," "María Isabel," "Yesenía,", "Rubí," "Ladronzuela" and Gabriel y Gabriela.

[1] Her comic book writing style is considered to be unique and was popular in Mexico for over forty years, especially with the lower classes.

[2] At the height of her popularity she was the most read woman in Mexico, after only Corín Tellado in the Spanish language in general, with her comics selling 25 million copies a month.

[3] In 2012, the Museo de Arte Popular in collaboration with Editorial Vid and Televisa paid homage to Vargas Dulché with an exhibition of her work, especially how it appeared on film and television.

[5] His name was inspired by her husband Guillermo de la Parra, who was called "pingo" (meaning jester or trickster in Mexican Spanish) by his colleagues because of his jokes.

[2] In 1985, the Mexican ministry of education declared Memín Pinguín required reading in public schools because "it promotes respect for the family and institutions in students.