Arturo Camacho Ramírez (1910-1982) was a Colombian poet. He was born in
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, ...
,
Tolima. He studied law at the National University, but never finished his degree. In 1935 he became the first of the
Piedracielistas to publish a book of poetry, ''Espejo de naufragios'', although he had already written several poems for literary magazines of the time.
Besides being a poet, he was a diplomat and journalist. He served as the representative of Colombia to
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
in Paris and as a special curator in
La Guajira
La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departm ...
, where he met Olga Castaño Castillo, who would later become his wife and the inspiration for his only play, ''Luna de arena''.
He had several opinion columns in different media, among which "Transposiciones" (for ''
El Espectador
''El Espectador'' (meaning "The Spectator") is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It changed from a daily to a weekly editio ...
'') stands out. He also had his own radio show on HJCK called "What is your hobby?", in which he interviewed important Colombians of the day.
Works
* Espejo de naufragios (1935).
* Oda a Charles Baudelaire (1945).
* Luna de arena (1948).
* Vida pública (1962).
* Límites del hombre (1964).
* Homenaje a Pablo Neruda (Obra en colaboración-1974).
* Carrera de la vida (1976).
* Obras completas (póstumo - 1982).
References
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Colombian poets
1910 births
1982 deaths