Hugo Lindo
Hugo Lindo Olivares was a Salvadoran writer, diplomat, politician, and lawyer.
Biography
Hugo Lindo was born in 1917 in the port of La Unión, El Salvador, in a working, middle-class family. He studied in the University of El Salvador where he graduated as a Doctor in Jurisprudence and Social Sciences. In 1947, he traveled to Korea as a diplomat.Lindo was El Salvador's ambassador for the Republic of Chile and for the Republic of Colombia. He became the Minister of Education in 1961 and later returned to diplomatic service as the Salvadorian ambassador to Spain. When he returned to El Salvador, he ran a gallery-bookshop called “Altamar” until the economic crisis in El Salvador forced him to close. He participated in the foundation of José [Matías Delgado University|Dr. José Matías Delgado University] and served as the university's Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts from until his death.
He was married to Carmen Fuentes and had 7 children, among which came the writer, Ricardo Lindo Fuentes, and the historian, Héctor Lindo Fuentes. Hugo Lindo died in San Salvador on September 9, 1985, at the age of 68 years. In 2005, the Reading Week VII of El Salvador was dedicated to his memory. In 2010, Dr. José Matías Delgado University commemorated 25 years since his death as a tribute.
His books are among the required readings in Salvadorian colleges.