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Darío Samper
Darío Samper (1909-1984) was a Colombian poet, journalist and writer. He was born in Guateque in Boyaca province. He was the younger brother of the caricaturist Adolfo Samper. His first book of poems ''Cuaderno del trópico'' came out in 1936 when he was part of the literary group Los Bachués. This group was noted for its inclination towards costumbrista poetry of an earthy and indigenous nature. He published ''Habitante de su imagen'' and became part of the better known Piedra y Cielo group. In addition to writing, teaching was a fundamental part of his professional life. He studied law at the Universidad Libre de Bogota, and he was founder and professor at the Universidad Central and rector of the Universidad Distrital. He also served as director of the ''Unión Liberal'' magazine and the '' Diario Nacional'' newspaper, among many other papers and journals that he was involved with. Like another piedracielista poet Tomas Vargas Osorio, he held public office: he was a R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombians
Colombians ( es, Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Colombian''. Colombia is a multiethnic society and home to people of various ethnic, religious and national origins. Though many Colombians have varying degrees of European, Indigenous and African ancestry. The majority of the Colombian population is made up of immigrants from the Old World and their descendants, mixed in part with the original populations, especially Iberians and to a lesser extent other Europeans. Following the initial period of Spanish conquest and immigration, different waves of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly six centuries and continue today. Elements of Native American and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión Liberal
The Liberal Union ( es, Unión Liberal) was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of Isabella II. On one side were the forces of conservative liberalism known as the ''doceañistas'', arrayed around the Moderate Party. Among their leading figures were the queen mother Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies and General Ramón María Narváez. On the other were radical liberal ''exaltados'' or ''veinteañistas'' arrayed around the Progressive Party and the National Militia. Among their leading figures was General Baldomero Espartero. Both parties had fought on the same side in the Carlist Wars, but they had also at times fought against one another, and elements of the Moderate Party leaned toward absolute monarchy themselves. O'Donnell's intent was to brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
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Colombian Poets
Colombian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Colombia * Colombians, persons from Colombia, or of Colombian descent **For more information about the Colombian people, see: *** Demographics of Colombia *** Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Native Colombians *** Colombian American ** For specific persons, see List of Colombians * Colombian Spanish, one of the languages spoken in Colombia ** See also languages of Colombia * Colombian culture * Colombian sheep, a sheep breed See also * * * Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer after which Colombia was named * Coffee production in Colombia * Colombia (other) * Colombiana (other) * Colombina (other) * Colombino (other) * Colombine (other) * Columbia (other) * Columbiad (other) * Columbian (other) * Columbiana (other) * Columbine (other) * Columbina (other) Columbina is a stock characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Hilario López
José Hilario López Valdés (18 February 1798, Popayán, Cauca – 27 November 1869, Campoalegre, Huila) was a Colombian politician and military officer. He was the President of Colombia between 1849 and 1853.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Inter print Editors Ltd.; Italgraf; Segunda Edición; pg. 51; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983 Biographic data The son of José Casimiro López and Rafaela Valdés y Fernández, José, completed his primary education in the seminary of Popayán under the supervision of scholar, José Félix de Restrepo. At age 14, he ended his education to join the revolutionary army. Military career López joined the revolutionary army as a cadet, at the age of 14. He participated in military combat in the battle of Alto Palacé (30 December 1813), the battle of Calibío (January 1814), battle of Tacines (9 May 1814) and the battle of Pasto (10 May 1813). During the battle of La Cuchilla del Tambo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Vargas Osorio
Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian surname * Tomás (surname), a Spanish and Portuguese surname * Tomaš (surname), a Croatian surname * ''Tomas.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Ruggero Tomaselli (1920–1982), Italian botanist Places * Tomaš, Croatia, a village near Bjelovar * Tomaș River, a tributary of the Gârbăul Mare River in Romania * Tomas District, Peru Other uses * Tropical Storm Tomas (other), numerous storms * ''Tomas'' (novel), 2009 novel by James Palumbo * Convento de Santo Tomás (Madrid) The defunct Convento de Santo Tomás (also called ''Colegio de Atocha'') was a set of buildings belonging to the Dominicans, under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas, in Madrid. It was located in the former Arrabal de Santa Cruz, showing its ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedracielista
Stone and sky ( es, Piedra y cielo) was a Colombian literary movement that appeared in 1939 and whose name is taken from the title of a 1919 poetry book published by Juan Ramón Jiménez. Members of this literary movement were often called ''piedracielistas''. The movement corresponds to a generation of writer born between 1910 and 1915. There was no formal manifesto or school for the movement. Characteristics of this group were, among many others, hypersensitivity, and emotion and insolence against consecrated and canonized forms. Juan Lozano y Lozano was a prominent critic of the movement. Authors Notable works Organized as an editorial, the authors who formed a part of this literary movement published their works in journals, including the following: * La ciudad sumergida, Jorge Rojas (1911-1995) * Territorio amoroso, Carlos Martín (1914- 2008) * Presagio de amor, Arturo Camacho Ramírez (1910-1982) * Seis elegías y un himno, Eduardo Carranza (1913-1985) * Regreso de la m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario Nacional
Diario (Italian, Spanish "Diary") and ''El Diario'' (Spanish, "The Daily") may refer to: Newspapers, periodicals and websites * ''El Diario'' (Argentina) * ''Diario'' (Aruba) * ''El Diario'' (La Paz), Bolivia * ''Diario Extra'' (Costa Rica) *'' Diario Libre'', Dominican Republic *'' El Diario de Hoy'', El Salvador *''Diario de Centro América'', Guatemala * ''Diario'' (magazine) (1996–2009), Italy *''El Diario de Juárez'', Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico *''Diario de Morelia'', Mexico *''El Diario de Nuevo Laredo'', Mexico *'' Diario de Yucatán'', Mexico *'' O Diário'' (1976–1990), Portugal *'' E-Dyario'', Philippines *'' El Diario Vasco'', Basque Country, Spain * ''El Diario'' (Spain) *'' El Diario La Prensa'', New York City, United States *'' El Diario de El Paso'', Texas, United States * ''El Diario'' (Uruguay) Other uses * ''Diario'' (Cultura Profética album), 2002 *'' Diário'', a 2005 album by Mafalda Arnauth See also * Diario Extra (other) *Diario Oficia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Distrital
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala * Universidad Católica, Chilean football club * Universidad de Chile (football club), Chilean football club * Club Universidad Nacional or ''UNAM Pumas'', Mexican football club * Universidad de Los Andes FC, Venezuelan football club * Universidad San Carlos or ''USAC'', Guatemalan football club * Universidad de Santa Cruz Bolivian football Club currently playing Bolivian Football Regional Leagues * Universidad Independiente, a former club based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, dissolved in 2010 See also * * Universidad station (other) * Universitatea (other) Universitatea ( en, University) may refer to: *CS Universitatea Craiova, Romanian football club *FC Universitatea Cluj, Romanian football club * Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guateque
Guateque is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá Province. Guateque's urban center is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at distances of from the department capital Tunja and from Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It borders the municipalities of La Capilla, Tenza, Sutatenza, Somondoco of Boyacá and Tibiritá and Manta of Cundinamarca.Official website Guateque Etymology Guateque is derived from the original name ''Guatoc'', meaning "Stream of the ravine" or "Lord of the winds".- Excelsio.net History In the centu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Central
The Central University (''Universidad Central'') is a private institution of higher education established 1966, whose two offices are at Bogotá, Colombia. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the areas of humanities, arts, economic and administrative sciences and engineering. History Central University was founded in 1966 by a group of Colombian educators seeking to expand access to higher education for all sectors of society. On 30 June of that year, Raul Vasquez Velez, Ruben Reyes Amaya, Alberto Gomez Moreno, Eduardo Varela Mendoza, Tellez Elberto Camacho, Jorge Enrique Molina and Darío Samper, signed the act establishing the Central University Foundation. Symbol The image of the university was built on the curubo leaf (Passiflora mollissima tripartite), a creeper of family Passifloraceae, which is native to tropical and temperate South America. Because it is an indigenous plant and strongly linked to culture, traditional medicine and food of the aboriginal com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
