Héctor Rojas Herazo

Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter.[1]

Héctor Rojas Herazo
Born(1921-08-12)August 12, 1921
Tolú
DiedApril 11, 2002(2002-04-11) (aged 81)
Bogotá
NationalityColombian
Genrenovels, poetry

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

Honors

References
  1. Héctor Rojas Herazo (Spanish).
  2. H.Rojas Herazo, J. García Usta: Obra periodística, 1940-1970, 2003, p. 28.
  3. Héctor Rojas Herazo Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), Universidad del Norte.
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