Carlos Martín (1914-2008) was a Colombian poet. 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 situated above sea level and has a yearly aver ...

, Boyacá. He studied law at the

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English: Xavierian Pontifical University) is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its ...

, and practiced as a lawyer at the Ministry of Culture and at

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. A member of the piedracielismo movement, he published his book ''Territorio amoroso'' in 1939. He was active in a variety of genres: poetry, literary criticism, and translations from French. He worked for the magazines ''Sábado'' and ''Altiplano'', and later was rector of the Liceo Nacional de Varones de Zipaquirá, the school where

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studied. In his memoir, '' Vivir para contarla'', Garcia Marquez speaks positively of Martin's leadership of the school. In 1961 Martin went to live in the Netherlands, to teach Spanish-American literature at the

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. Despite living far away, he was always aware of the literary scene in Colombia, since he ran a literary show on Radio Nederland, and acted as a correspondent academic for the Colombian Academy of Language. He also wrote a book of poems, ''Epitafio sobre Piedra y Cielo y otros poemas'', a reflection on his time as a piedracielista and his associations with friends and colleagues. He was the last of the group to die, on December 13, 2008, in

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, Spain.

Works

* Territorio amoroso (1939) * Es la hora (Madrid, 1973) * Epitafio de Piedra y Cielo y otros poemas (1984) * Hacia el último asombro (1991) * Hispanoamérica, mito y surrealismo (1986).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Carlos Colombian poets 1914 births 2008 deaths People from Chiquinquirá Pontificia Universidad Javeriana alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University Colombian expatriates in the Netherlands es:Carlos Martín