Santiago Vaca Guzman (Sucre, c. 1847 – Buenos Aires, 1896) was a Bolivian writer. He trained as a lawyer and worked as a journalist, founding the newspaper La Patria in Sucre in 1871. As a writer, he published both fiction and poetry. His novel Su excelencia y su ilustrisima[1] is regarded as one of the finest in Bolivian literature.
Santiago Vaca Guzmán | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1847 Sucre, Bolivia |
| Died | 1896 (aged 48–49) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Lawyer, Journalist |
| Notable work | Su excelencia y su ilustrisima |
His political stance against the caudillos Mariano Melgarejo and Agustin Morales forced him to go into exile. He died in Argentina in 1896.[2]
References
edit- ^ Guzmán, Santiago Vaca (1980). Su excelencia y su ilustrisima: historia verdadera con mucha traza de novela : curas, obispos, gobernadores y la mujer en la política nacional (in Spanish). Ediciones Populares Camarlinghi.
- ^ Mamani, Elías Blanco (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana (in Spanish). Plural editores. ISBN 978-99905-63-62-7.