Orlando Mejía Rivera
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Orlando Mejía Rivera is a Colombia
n internist and graduated M.Phil.
, writer and thanatologist. He was born in Bogotá
. Currently he lives in Manizales
and is titular professor at the Universidad de Caldas faculty of medicine.
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 internist and graduated M.Phil.
Master of Philosophy
The Master of Philosophy is a postgraduate research degree.An M.Phil. is a lesser degree than a Doctor of Philosophy , but in many cases it is considered to be a more senior degree than a taught Master's degree, as it is often a thesis-only degree. In some instances, an M.Phil...
, writer and thanatologist. He was born 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...
. Currently he lives in Manizales
Manizales
Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....
and is titular professor at the Universidad de Caldas faculty of medicine.
Works
- Antropología de la muerte 1987
- Humanismo y Antihumanismo, 1991
- La Casa Rosada, 1997
- La muerte y sus símbolos, 1999
- De la prehistoria a la medicina egipcia, 1999
- Pensamientos de guerra, 2000
- De clones, ciborgs y sirenas, 2000
- La generación mutante. nuevos narradores colombianos, 2002
- Los descubrimientos Serendípicos. Aproximaciones epistemológicas al contexto del descubrimiento científico, 2004
- Extraños escenarios de la noche, 2005
- El enfermo de Abisinia, 2007
Awards
- National award of the Academia de Medicina, 1994
- National novel award, Mincultura, 1998
- Colombian Camera book award, 1999
- National essay award, Bogotá, 1999