José María Sánchez Borbón

José María Sánchez Borbón was born on 25 July 1918 on the island of Solarte, off the Caribbean coast, and attended primary school in San José, Costa Rica. A bachelor of the Instituto Nacional in 1938 and a law graduate of the University of Panama, he worked in his father's business in Bocas del Toro, then in the service of the State from 1956 to 1968, and was ambassador to Colombia and Argentina. He won the Christmas short story contest of La Estrella de Panamá in 1947 and in 1948. He died in Panama City on 8 November 1973.

In the catalogue 1

• Short storiesShumio-Ara: cuentos de Bocas del ToroJosé María Sánchez Borbón · 1948not translated into EnglishLiterature