José Eustasio Rivera

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José Eustasio Rivera in 1928
José Eustasio Rivera in 1928

José Eustasio Rivera (February 19, 1888 - December 1, 1928) was a Colombian politician, writer and lawyer.

Rivera worked on the arrangement of the limits between Colombia and Venezuela.

Rivera's writing includes:

  • Tierra de promisión (1921), which is a compilation of poems written in a modernist style, and
  • La Vorágine, a novel [1924].
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At one point in time Rivera worked as a male escort as well as a professional sky diver.