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Aquileo J. Echeverría (May 22, 1866 in San José, Costa Rica – March 11, 1909 in Barcelona) was a
*Romances (1903)
*Romances and miscellaneous
*Concherías (1905)
*Poetry, concherías and epigrams (1918)
*Chronicles and my stories (1934)
*Concherías, romance and epigrams (1950)
*Concherías, ballads, epigrams and Other Poems (1953)
Aquileo J. Echeverría (May 22, 1866 in San José, Costa Rica – March 11, 1909 in Barcelona) was a Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
n politician, writer, and journalist.
Early life
After graduating from the National Institute, Echeverria fell on hard times. He enlisted in the military expedition againstBarrios
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's Guatemala. After the expedition he stayed for a while in Nicaragua, forging a good relationship with President General Cárdenas. Echeverría also served in the Nicaraguan government.
Return to Costa Rica
Echeverría returned to Costa Rica and became a journalist. He worked in publications like ''The Republic'', ''Trade'', ''Costa Rica Illustrated'' and ''La Patria''. In 1887 he was appointed Attaché at the Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. There he participated in the historic border agreement between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.Honours
The Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría was named for him and created by the Costa Rican Ministry of Youth Culture and Sports (''Ministerio de Cultura Juventud y Deportes'') in 1961.Literary work
*Romances (1903)
*Romances and miscellaneous
*Concherías (1905)
*Poetry, concherías and epigrams (1918)
*Chronicles and my stories (1934)
*Concherías, romance and epigrams (1950)
*Concherías, ballads, epigrams and Other Poems (1953)
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100403043154/http://www.mcjdcr.go.cr/premios/index.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20101125052418/http://lacarretica.com/personajes/aquileoecheverria01.asp *http://www.lectorias.com/aquileoecheverria.html *http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/e/echeverria.htmReferences
1866 births 1909 deaths People from San José, Costa Rica Costa Rican politicians Costa Rican journalists Male journalists {{CostaRica-politician-stub