Santiago Vaca Guzman
Santiago Vaca Guzmán | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1847 Sucre, Bolivia |
| Died | 1896 (aged 48–49) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Bolivian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Lawyer, Journalist |
| Notable work | Su excelencia y su ilustrisima |
Santiago Vaca Guzman (Sucre, c. 1847 – Buenos Aires, 1896) was a Bolivian writer. He trained as a lawyer and worked as a journalist, founding the newspaper La Patria in Sucre in 1871. As a writer, he published both fiction and poetry. His novel Su excelencia y su ilustrisima[1] is regarded as one of the finest in Bolivian literature.
His political stance against the caudillos Mariano Melgarejo and Agustin Morales forced him to go into exile. He died in Argentina in 1896.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Guzmán, Santiago Vaca (1980). Su excelencia y su ilustrisima: historia verdadera con mucha traza de novela : curas, obispos, gobernadores y la mujer en la política nacional (in Spanish). Ediciones Populares Camarlinghi.
- ^ Mamani, Elías Blanco (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana (in Spanish). Plural editores. ISBN 978-99905-63-62-7.
