Héctor Rojas Herazo
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Héctor Rojas Herazo was a Colombia
n novelist, poet, journalist and painter.
Rojas was born in Tolú
as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá
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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 novelist, poet, journalist and painter.
Rojas was born in Tolú
Tolú
Tolú is a small town and municipality in Sucre Department, northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea. The municipality has an area of 500 km². The name of Tolú comes from a tree called the Balsam of Tolú....
as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
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Publications
- Rostro en la soledad, poetry, 1952
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, 1952
- Tránsito de Caín, poetry, 1953
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, poetry, 1956
- Agresión de las formas contra el ángel, poetry, 1961
- Respirando el verano, novel, 1962
- En noviembre llega el arzobispo, novel, 1966
- Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Señales y garabatos del habitante, novel, 1976
- Celia se pudre, novel, 1985
- Las úlceras de Adán, novel, 1995
Honors
- Honorary doctor of the Universidad de Cartagena, 1997
- Commander of the Medal of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, 1991
- ProArtes literary merit medal, 1995 and 1998 (Cruz de Boyacá)
- Golden Francisco Antonio ZeaFrancisco Antonio ZeaFrancisco Antonio Zea was a Neogranadine journalist, botanist, diplomat and statesman that served as the 1st Vice President of Colombia under then-President Simón Bolívar...
order of merit, Universidad de Antioquia, 1998 - National José Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...
poetry award, Bogotá, 1999 - Medal of merits of the Universidad Santo Tomás de AquinoSaint Thomas Aquinas UniversitySaint Thomas University is a Roman Catholic university located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the oldest Colombian university, founded in 1580 by the Dominican Order....
External links
- Juan Manuel Roca: Héctor Rojas Herazo, September 7, 2006