Arturo Camacho Ramírez (1910-1982) was a Colombian poet. He was born in
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...
,
Tolima. He studied law at the National University, but never finished his degree. In 1935 he became the first of the
Piedracielistas to publish a book of poetry, ''Espejo de naufragios'', although he had already written several poems for literary magazines of the time.
Besides being a poet, he was a diplomat and journalist. He served as the representative of Colombia to
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
in Paris and as a special curator in
La Guajira
La Guajira () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The ca ...
, where he met Olga Castaño Castillo, who would later become his wife and the inspiration for his only play, ''Luna de arena''.
He had several opinion columns in different media, among which "Transposiciones" (for ''
El Espectador
''El Espectador'' () is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became ...
'') stands out. He also had his own radio show on HJCK called "What is your hobby?", in which he interviewed important Colombians of the day.
Works
* Espejo de naufragios (1935).
* Oda a Charles Baudelaire (1945).
* Luna de arena (1948).
* Vida pública (1962).
* Límites del hombre (1964).
* Homenaje a Pablo Neruda (Obra en colaboración-1974).
* Carrera de la vida (1976).
* Obras completas (póstumo - 1982).
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camacho Ramirez, Arturo
Colombian poets
1910 births
1982 deaths