Zacarías Reyán (born May 10, 1948
), is the pseudonym of Reinaldo Antonio Plazas Peralta, also known as Z. Reyán, a
Colombian writer, author of
novels,
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
s and
epics in
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in th ...
. He was born in
Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is above sea level and has a yearly average temp ...
on May 10, 1948. At present, he lives in
Bogotá.
Work
*''Tierra Dorada: Un Canto a Hispanoamérica'' (
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
s, 1977)
*''La victoria de los inmortales: el triunfo sobre la miseria'' (
epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
...
, 1979)
*''Laberinto 1900-2001: Historia de un Pueblo y dos Mujeres'' (
novel, 1979)
*''Cristo Rey: Un Canto a la Obra de Dios'' (
epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
...
, 1979)
*''Un Canto a la Tierra y a la Vida: Poesía del Siglo XX y de todos los Tiempos'' (
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
s, 2006)
*''Biblioteca-Casa Museo Épica 64: Memorias de Zacarías Reyán más un Poema, Far West'' (
memoir
A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobiog ...
s plus a
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
, 2007)
*''Bicentenario: Nacimiento de un País'' (
historic novel, 2008)
*''Obra Completa de Zacarías Reyán'' (
anthology, 2009)
External links
Zacarías Reyán Official Web Site
References
1948 births
Living people
People from Chiquinquirá
20th-century Colombian novelists
Colombian male novelists
20th-century Colombian poets
Colombian male poets
21st-century Colombian poets
21st-century male writers
20th-century male writers
21st-century Colombian novelists
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