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Óscar Acosta
Óscar Acosta Zeledón (14 April 1933 – 15 July 2014) was a Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat. Biography He was born in the Las Delicias neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 14 April 1933. Acosta began his career as a journalist in Peru for ''Tegucigalpa Magazine''. He founded ''la Editorial Nuevo Continente'', ''las revistas Extra'', ''Presente'', ''la Editorial Iberoamericana'', and ''Honduras Literaria y Extra''. He was director of the University Press of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. He came to notice in the 1950s and 1960s, with his short stories and poetry collections. In 1964, he published an essay on the Honduran writer Rafael Heliodoro Valle, to which he added later works such as "Anthology of the New Honduran Poetry" with the poet Roberto Sosa, "Honduran Poetry Today", and "Anthology of the Honduran Short Story". He ran the literary sections of the newspapers ''El DÃa'', now defunct, and ''El Heraldo''. He was also a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |