Germán Arciniegas
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Germán Arciniegas was a Colombia
n essayist and historian
. Arciniegas wrote over 50 books and many columns in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and also taught at Columbia University
in New York
.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n essayist and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. Arciniegas wrote over 50 books and many columns in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and also taught at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Books
- El estudiante de la mesa redonda, Madrid: Juan Pueyo, 1932. 248 pp. (the student of the round table)
- "América tierra firme", Sociología. Santiago de Chile: Ercilla, 1937. 235 pp. (America firm land)
- "Los Comuneros, Bogotá: Editorial ABC, 1938. 402 pp. (the commoners)
- "Biografía del Caribe",Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1945. 531 pp. (Biography of the Caribbean)
- "Entre la libertad y el miedo", México: Editorial Cultura (Cuadernos Americanos), 1952. 362 pp. (Between Freedom and being afraid)
- "América mágica - Los hombres y los meses", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1959. 317 pp. (magic America - men and months)
- "América mágica - Las mujeres y las horas", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1961. 253 pp. (magic America - women and hours)
- "El mundo de la bella Simonetta, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1962. 185 pp. (The world of beauty Simonetta)
- "El continente de los siete colores. Historia de la cultura en América Latina, Buenos Aires: (The seven colors' continent) Editorial Sudamericana, 1965. 715 pp.
- "Nueva imagen del Caribe", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1970. 457 pp. (new image of the Caribbean)
- "Roma secretísima", Madrid: Anaya, 1972. 194 pp (Very secret Roma)
- "Bolívar, el hombre de la gloria, Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo, 1983. 142 pp. (Bolivar, the man of the glory)