Héctor Rojas Herazo
Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter. Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921.
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Héctor Rojas Herazo
- Name
- Héctor Rojas Herazo
- Born
- 12 August 1921
- Birthplace
- Tolú
- Died
- 11 April 2002
- Place of death
- Bogotá
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- painter · writer · journalist · novelist · poet
- Fields
- belletristic literature · prose · poetry
- Languages
- Spanish
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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. He died in Bogotá.
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• Name — Héctor Rojas Herazo • Born — 12 August 1921 • Birthplace — Tolú • Died — 11 April 2002 • Place of death — Bogotá • Genre — novels, poetry
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• 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
• Honorary doctor of the Universidad de Cartagena, 1997 • Commander of the Medal of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, 1991 • ProArtes literary merit medal, 1995 and 1998 (Cruz de Boyacá) • Golden Francisco Antonio Zea order of merit, Universidad de Antioquia, 1998 • National José Asunción Silva poetry award, Bogotá, 1999 • Medal of merits of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino
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