Ramón Rocha Monroy (born 1950,

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, Bolivia) is a

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writer.

Early life and education

He studied law at

Higher University of San Simón The Higher University of San Simón (''Universidad Mayor de San Simón'', UMSS) is a university in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was founded by Mariscal Andrés de Santa Cruz on November 5, 1832; and is one of the first universities founded in Bolivia ...

(''Universidad Mayor de San Simón'') in Cochabamba, and did postgraduate studies at

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(''Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México'') in

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Career

He has been a journalist, a university professor and a politician, first with the Revolutionary Left Movement (''Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria'') and then with the

Movimiento al Socialismo Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the December 2005 election, MAS-IPSP won the first ...

. As a writer, he is known for the 2002

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to oth ...

'' Potosi 1600'', which won the National Novel Award in Bolivia.

References

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