Héctor Rojas Herazo


Héctor Rojas Herazo 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. 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. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá.

Publications

Rostro en la soledad, poetry, 1952Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, 1952Tránsito de Caín, poetry, 1953Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, poetry, 1956Agresión de las formas contra el ángel, poetry, 1961Respirando el verano, novel, 1962En noviembre llega el arzobispo, novel, 1966Márquez’s One Hundred Years of SolitudeSeñales y garabatos del habitante, novel, 1976Celia se pudre, novel, 1985Las úlceras de Adán, novel, 1995

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