Hugo Jesús Jamioy Juagibioy (born 1971) is a Colombian
poet
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and storyteller.
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Background
Jamioy was born in Waman Tabanók (which translated to "Our sacred place of origin"), located in the Valley of Sibundoy
Sibundoy (Camsá: Tabanok "village") is a town and municipality in the Putumayo Department of the Republic of Colombia.
The town existed well before the Spanish came in 1534. The Inca, under Huayna Cápac, conquered the local people in 1492 and ...
, Putumayo department
Putumayo () is a department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.
The word ''putumayo'' comes from the Quechua languages. The verb ''p'utuy'' means "to spring forth" ...
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Education
Jamioy has studied Agronomic Engineering at the University of Caldas
The University of Caldas ( es, Universidad de Caldas), is a public, coeducational, research university based in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. It is the most important higher education institution in the Department of Caldas. It is a public univers ...
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Career
The Colombian Ministry of Culture awarded Jamioy a National Research Grant in 2006. In 2013, he participated in the Smithsonian Institution
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's Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Published works
* ''Mi fuego y mi humo, mi tierra y mi sol'' (1999). Infección Editores, Facultad de Derecho Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Dirección de Bienestar Universitario, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota.
* ''No somos gente'' (2000) edition from the author. 2000.
* ''Bínÿbe Oboyejuayëng. Danzantes del Viento'' (2010). Bogota: Ministerio de Cultura.[Cibreiro and López 154]
See also
* List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native, American Indian, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, ...
* Camsá language
Notes
References
* Cibreiro, Estrella and Francisca López
''Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women Writers.''
Routledge, 2012. .
External links
Lo puro, vida del futuro (Hugo Jamioy, Kamsá, Colombia)
video
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1971 births
Colombian people of indigenous peoples descent
20th-century Colombian poets
Colombian male poets
Indigenous writers of the Americas
Living people
People from Putumayo Department
Postmodern writers
21st-century Colombian poets
20th-century male writers
21st-century male writers