Horace Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his "Odes" as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words." Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses ("Satires" and "Epistles") and caustic iambic poetry ("Epodes"). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in
Carmen Toscano established the Carmen Toscano Foundation in her honor as a means of further documenting and archiving natural footage of Mexico in an effort to preserve the culture. Carmen Toscano Carmen Toscano (October 19, 1910 - January 14, 1988) was a Mexican documentarian, poet, preservationist, producer, and actress. She is the daughter of Mexico’s first filmmaker Salvador Toscano Barragán. She is best known for her 1950 documentary "Memorias de un mexicano", consisting of footage from her father’s past films, which served as important milestone for the inclusion of Mexican culture in film, and was the first documentary film produced in Mexico.