Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. This is why she is often referred to "La centaura del norte", the "Centaur of the North." Her novel Cartucho is considered a classic literary work of the Mexican Revolution, showing the Villistas in a favorable light at a time when most of the literature was criminalizing them. She is considered the first modern narrator in 20th century Mexico. Mysterious death In 1985 Campobello suddenly disappeared, along with her belongings, including paintings by Orozco and Diego Rivera. She had apparently been kidnapped by Claudio Fuentes Figueroa or Claudio Niño Cienfuentes and his spouse Maria Cristina Belmont. Fuentes and his wife helped to care for Campobello's home in downtown Mexico City. He had power of attorney over Campobello. In 1998, a local Salt Lake City newspaper reported that a warrant was issued for the arrest of Claudio Fuentes, but he was not located. The article reports that Fuentes said that he was in contact with Campobello during the 12 years of her disappearance. He was also involved with some investigations into finding the lost writer but eventually he backed out of the search. In 1998, the Commission of Human Rights of the Federal District (Mexico City) ruled that Nellie had died on July 9, 1986, and that she was buried in a nameless grave at the Progreso de Obregón Cemetery of Hidalgo. The gravestone with her initials on it was found in 1998. In a nearby town, a death certificate for Campobello was found indicating that she died of heart failure. Fuentes has signed this certificate as a witness. Her corpse was transferred to Villo Ocampo, her hometown, in 1999 and she was honored with a monument. Fuentes and his wife used the power of attorney and Campobello's age to take advantage of her. They convinced her to sign her will to give money to them because Campobello did not have other heirs. As the critic Tabea Linhard puts it, "the tragic end of Campobello's life seems to echo a story the author herself may have written." On November 7, 2017, Google celebrated her life by creating a homepage doodle of Campobello for her 117th birthday. References Further reading Cázares, Laura. "El narrador en las novelas de Nellie Campobello: Cartucho y Las Manos de Mamá." Mujer y Literatura Mexicana y Chicana: Culturas en Contacto, ed. Aralia López-González, Amelia Malagamba, and Elena Urrutía. Tijuana: COLEF 1988. Cázares, Laura.