Pedro Shimose

Pedro Shimose was born on 30 March 1940 in Riberalta, in the Beni, the son of a Japanese immigrant, Ginkichi Shimose, and of Laida Kawamura, born in Riberalta. A journalist on the daily Presencia and a professor of literature at the University of San Andrés in La Paz, he settled in Madrid in 1971, where he completed his studies at the Complutense University and worked at the Institute of Ibero-American Cooperation. A poet, essayist, draughtsman and composer of popular music, he has received Bolivia's National Prize for Culture.

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• PoetryQuiero escribir, pero me sale espumaPedro Shimose · 1972not translated into EnglishLiterature