Armando Alba Zambrana
Armando Alba Zambrana | |
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| Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs | |
| In office 10 March 1947 – 14 January 1948 | |
| President | Enrique Hertzog |
| Preceded by | Manuel Elías P. |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Salinas López |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1901 |
| Died | 10 October 1974 (aged 73) |
Armando Alba Zambrana (9 February 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a Bolivian writer, journalist, historian and politician from Potosí.[1] He won the Premio Nacional de Cultura in 1969. He was an important[according to whom?] member of Gesta Bárbara and founded the Editorial Potosí group of writers. During the administration of President Enrique Hertzog, Alba was appointed Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs.[2] He was also the Bank Secretary of Potosí[3] and the 100th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2001.[4]
Works
[edit]- Voces áulicas (poetry, 1918).
- Temple de la montaña y otros cuentos (stories, 1926).
- Imagen de Potosí y de su Casa Real de Moneda (essays, 1946).
- Enumeración del Proceso Potosino y "Gesta Bárbara" (essays, 1946).
- Del viejo hontanar (poetry, 1970).
- Bolívar (anthology, 1970).
- Prólogos escogidos (2001).
- Imagen de Potosí (2001).
References
[edit]- ^ "Armando Alba, 119 años después". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Gisbert 2003, pp. 348–349
- ^ Araujo Subieta, Mario (2001). "Armando Alba y la Casa de Moneda". Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia. pp. 1–248. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Fundación Cultural Banco Central de Bolivia, Issues 14-15; Issues 17-19". La Fundación. 2001. pp. 49–55. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Álvarez del Real, María Eloísa (1991). 12.000 minibiografías. Panamá: América, S.A. p. 21. ISBN 0-944499-76-7.
- Blanco Mamani, Elías (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. La Paz: Plural Editores. p. 15. ISBN 99905-63-62-4.
- Gisbert, Carlos D. Mesa (2003). Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado (in Spanish). Editorial Gisbert. pp. 344–347.
