Germán Arciniegas

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Germán Arciniegas (Born December 6, 1900 in Bogotá, died November 29, 1999) was a Colombian essayist and historian. Arciniegas wrote over 50 books and many columns in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and also taught at Columbia University in New York.

[edit] Books

  • El estudiante de la mesa redonda, Madrid: Juan Pueyo, 1932. 248 pp. (the student of the round table)
  • "América tierra firme", Sociología. Santiago de Chile: Ercilla, 1937. 235 pp. (America firm land)
  • "Los Comuneros, Bogotá: Editorial ABC, 1938. 402 pp. (the commoners)
  • "Biografía del Caribe",Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1945. 531 pp. (Biography of the Caribbean)
  • "Entre la libertad y el miedo", México: Editorial Cultura (Cuadernos Americanos), 1952. 362 pp. (Between Freedom and being afraid)
  • "América mágica - Los hombres y los meses", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1959. 317 pp. (magic America - men and months)
  • "América mágica - Las mujeres y las horas", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1961. 253 pp. (magic America - women and hours)
  • "El mundo de la bella Simonetta, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1962. 185 pp. (The world of beauty Simonetta)
  • "El continente de los siete colores. Historia de la cultura en América Latina, Buenos Aires: (The seven colors' continent) Editorial Sudamericana, 1965. 715 pp.
  • "Nueva imagen del Caribe", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1970. 457 pp. (new image of the Caribbean)
  • "Roma secretísima", Madrid: Anaya, 1972. 194 pp (Very secret Roma)
  • "Bolívar, el hombre de la gloria, Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo, 1983. 142 pp. (Bolivar, the man of the glory)

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