Author · Colombia
Manuel Zapata Olivella
Died in 2004
Manuel Zapata Olivella was born on 17 March 1920 in Lorica, the son of a schoolteacher. He began medical studies in Bogotá and then interrupted them to take to the road: he crossed Central America and reached the United States, before returning to defend his thesis. A physician, anthropologist and novelist, he founded a centre for Afro-Colombian studies and produced a body of work ranging from regional realism to the great fresco of 1983. His sister was a dancer and folklorist. He died in Bogotá on 19 November 2004.
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- NovelTierra mojadaManuel Zapata Olivella · 1947not translated into EnglishLiterature