Eduardo Caballero Calderón
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Eduardo Caballero Calderón was a colombian journalist and writer. He was born in (b Bogotá March 6, 1910 - d April 3, 1993). As journalist, he worked to the main Colombian newspapers, such as El Tiempo and El Espectador. Also he was ambassador from Colombia to Perú, Argentina, Spain and France. Caballero was elected as congressman two times for the department of Boyacá and was major of Tipacoque.
His most known books are El Cristo de espaldas (Backwards Christ) (1952), Siervo sin tierra (Landless servant) (1954), La penúltima hora (The hour before the last) (1955), and Manuel Pacho (1962), which are mainly depictions of events related with the bipartisan violence in Colombia (La Violencia). Other works are Cain (1969), El buen salvaje (The good savage) (1963), book that won the Nadal Prize in 1965 and Historia de dos Hermanos (Two brothers history) (1977) among others.
Although Caballero is one of the most recognized Colombian writers, his writing is mainly focused in the essay style, as showed in the next fragment extracted from his short story "Tale of little princess Isabel" written for the teaching of history to children:
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- www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_personajes/periodismo/caballero_calderon.html
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/caballero_calderon.htm