Ramón Rocha Monroy (born 1950,
Cochabamba
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, Bolivia) is a
Bolivian
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writer.
Early life and education
He studied law at
Higher University of San Simón
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(''Universidad Mayor de San Simón'') in Cochabamba, and did postgraduate studies at
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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(''Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México'') in
Mexico City
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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
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''
Potosi 1600'', which won the
National Novel Award in Bolivia.
References
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Date of birth missing (living people)
1950 births
Living people
20th-century Bolivian male writers
20th-century Bolivian politicians
20th-century educators
20th-century journalists
20th-century novelists
21st-century Bolivian politicians
21st-century Bolivian writers
21st-century educators
21st-century journalists
21st-century male writers
21st-century novelists
Bolivian expatriates in Mexico
Bolivian male journalists
Bolivian novelists
Higher University of San Simón alumni
Historical novelists
Male novelists
Movimiento al Socialismo politicians
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia) politicians
Writers from Cochabamba