Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza (born 1932) is a Colombian writer and diplomat. Mendoza was named in honour to the Roman authors Pliny the younger and Apuleius.

Career

He is very well known for his close friendship with the literature Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. Mendoza and García Márquez spent time in Europe during the early 60s. Mendoza published a biographical novel regarding the life and anecdotes of García Márquez and their circle of friends, poets and writers during those years in Europe. The book was entitled "The Fragance of the Guava". Mendoza served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in France, writing newspaper articles for several international publications at the same time.[1] After returning to Colombia in 1959, he became a full-time writer and journalist.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza" (in Spanish). Biografías y Vidas.
  2. ↑ Lucy Nieto de Samper. "'Entre dos aguas', la nueva novela de Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza" (in Spanish). El Tiempo.