Daniel Campos

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Daniel Campos Cortés (born January 3, 1829 in Potosí ; † April 29, 1902 ibid) was a Bolivian explorer , author , politician , journalist and lawyer who lived in the Potosí Department . The province of Daniel Campos is named after him. His most famous work is the poem Celichá .

Live and act

Daniel Campos was born in 1829 as the son of Manuel Campos and his wife Rafaela Cortés in Potosí, a city in south-central Bolivia. His father died in 1831 and his mother the following year, so that Campos came under the tutelage of Miguel Cortés, a maternal uncle. He first attended schools in his hometown and studied law at the Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca in Sucre until 1857 . After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer. Campos held several public offices. In 1858 he was secretary to the rector of the University of Potosí, two years later he took over the office of rector himself. He taught Latin and literature and founded the Colegio Educandas and the Alonso de Ibáñez school . In 1863 he took over the chairmanship of the Concejo Municipal de Potosí (City Council). In 1869 he became chairman of the Supreme Court of Potosí. From 1870 to 1874 he was a member of the Bolivian parliament and from 1877 to 1878 representative of the Asamblea constituyente ( constituent assembly ).

In addition, Campos worked as a journalist and author. He edited the daily El Deber , founded La Chronica and La Revista de Potosí, and was involved in various other publications. He published poems in magazines and edited volumes. His most successful work is the extensive poem Celichá , which deals with Toba traditions . It was awarded the Premier Premio del Congreso Nacional in 1891 and the Primer Premio en el Certamen Nacional de Literatura y Letras in 1896 . In 1870 Campos founded the Sociedad Literaria y Cientifica (Society for Literature and Science) in Potosí.

From August 29 to November 14, 1883, Campos carried out an expedition from Tarija through the Gran Chaco to Asunción in Paraguay with a group of volunteers on behalf of the Bolivian government . The expedition was initiated by the incumbent President Narciso Campero (1813–1986) and Minister Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903) to explore the region. It was the first crossing of the Gran Chaco on this route. The expedition members covered part of the route on the Río Pilcomayo . The way back led on roads from Argentina to Bolivia until arriving in January 1884. Afterwards, the participants received, among other things, land as a gift from the government. Five years after the expedition, Campos published the travelogue De Tarija a la Asuncion. Expedicion boliviana de 1883 . In addition to descriptions of the landscape, population and the expedition, it also contains recommendations for a more benevolent treatment of the local Chiriguano , which the government did not follow.

Works (selection)

Fonts

  • La America y los aliados de la corte del Brasil. Peru. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Tip. del Rogreso [i. e. Progreso], Potosí 1866.
  • Funerales del jeneral Quintin Quevedo. Tip. Municipal, Potosí 1876.
  • Carretera and telegraph of the south. Informe presentado a la junta. Tip. del Progreso, Potosí 1882.
  • De Tarija a la Asuncion. Expedicion boliviana de 1883. Impr. De J. Peuser, Buenos Aires 1888.
  • Cuadros politico-electorales. Impr. De El Tiempo, Potosí 1891.

Poems

  • Celichá: páginas del Gran Chaco boliviano: poema. In the series Cuadernos de la Colección de la cultura boliviana Bolivia Editorial Potosí, Potosí 1954.
  • A Carolina , A la Muerto del Senor Manuel Jose Cortés , Nada he visto , La Campana de la aurora ... , Al bombardeo de Valparaiso and To lloro peregrino In: Parnasso boliviano. published by José Domingo Cortés, Imprenta Albion de Cox y Taylor, Valparaiso 1869, p. 96ff ( online ).
  • Himno de Potosi , 1887.
  • Bando Carnavalesco , 1889.
  • Patria , 1892.
  • La Desposada , 1896.
  • La Bandera de la Patria , 1900.
  • La Nave quo Parte , 1900.

literature

  • Arturo Costa de la Torre: Campos, Daniel. In: Catálogo de la bibliografía boliviana: libros y folletos 1900–1963. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz 1966.
  • Elías Blanco Mamani : Campos Cortés, Daniel. In: Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. Agencia Gesta de Servicio Informativo Cultural, La Paz 2005, ISBN 99905-63-62-4 , p. 49 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Armando Alba : escogidos ProLogos. Editorial Gratec, Potosí 2001, p. 130.
  2. ^ A b Arturo Costa de la Torre: Campos, Daniel. In: Catálogo de la bibliografía boliviana: libros y folletos 1900–1963. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz 1966, via Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica, p. 108.
  3. ↑ Elias Blanco Mamani: Campos Cortés, Daniel. In: Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. Agencia Gesta de Servicio Informativo Cultural, La Paz 2005, p. 49.
  4. ↑ Antonio Quijarro Quevedo ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at rree.gob.bo, accessed May 23, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rree.gob.bo
  5. ^ Jorge Luna Ortuño: Daniel Campos, viajero y explorador del Chaco. In: La Razón April 28, 2013, accessed May 23, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Campos, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campos Cortés, Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bolivian explorer, author, politician, journalist and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Potosí
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1902
Place of death Potosí