Héctor Rojas Herazo
| Héctor Rojas Herazo |
| Born |
August 12, 1920(1920-08-12)
Tolú |
| Died |
April 11, 2002(2002-04-11) (aged 81)
Bogotá |
| Nationality |
Colombian |
| Genres |
novels, poetry |
Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter.[1]
Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921.[2] He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá.[3]
Publications
- Rostro en la soledad, poetry, 1952
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, 1952
- Tránsito de Caín, poetry, 1953
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, poetry, 1956
- Agresión de las formas contra el ángel, poetry, 1961
- Respirando el verano, novel, 1962
- En noviembre llega el arzobispo, novel, 1966
- Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Señales y garabatos del habitante, novel, 1976
- Celia se pudre, novel, 1985
- Las úlceras de Adán, novel, 1995
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Rojas Herazo, Hector |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
August 12, 1920 |
| Place of birth |
Tolú |
| Date of death |
April 11, 2002 |
| Place of death |
Bogotá |