Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter. Rojas was born in

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as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in

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by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in

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.''Héctor Rojas Herazo''
(Spanish), Universidad del Norte.

Publications

* ''Rostro en la soledad'', poetry, 1952 * ''Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros'', 1952 * ''Tránsito de Caín'', poetry, 1953 * ''Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros'', poetry, 1956 * ''Agresión de las formas contra el ángel'', poetry, 1961 * ''Respirando el verano'', novel, 1962 * ''En noviembre llega el arzobispo'', novel, 1966 * ''Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude'' * ''Señales y garabatos del habitante'', novel, 1976 * ''Celia se pudre'', novel, 1985 * ''Las úlceras de Adán'', novel, 1995

Honors

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of the

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, 1997 * Commander of the Medal of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, 1991 * ProArtes literary merit medal, 1995 and 1998 ( Cruz de Boyacá) * Golden

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order of merit,

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, 1998 * National José Asunción Silva poetry award, Bogotá, 1999 * Medal of merits of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino

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