Jairo Aníbal Niño
Jairo Aníbal Niño (born September 5, 1941 in Moniquirá , Boyacá , Colombia ; † August 30, 2010 in Bogotá ) was a Colombian children's book author and painter .
biography
Niño, who had been director of the Colombian National Library full-time since 1988 , began his literary work after completing his studies and has published more than 40 books over the years. He made his debut in 1968 with El baile de los arzobispos , which was followed in 1969 by Las bodas de lata . Sometimes he used the pseudonym Amadeo Zoro.
His most important works include the poems for children La alegría de querer (1986), Safari en el rostro , Razgo, Indo y Saz (1991) and Preguntario (1998), the fairy tale books Puro Pueblo (1977), Zoro (1977), Toda la vida (1979), De las alas caracoli and Dalia y Zazir .
He also wrote scripts for the telenovela about the Bandolero Efraín González and for El manantial de las fieras .
For his literary works, which have been translated into English , French , German , Portuguese , Slovak and Chinese , he has received several awards and, in addition to the Premio Nacional de Literatura Enka 1977, also received the Mexican Premio Iberoamericano Chamán in 1990 .
In addition to his writing activities, Niño was also active as a painter in the La Mancha artist group and in the theater and worked with the actor and director Germán Jaramillo .
Jairo Aníbal Niño died at the age of 68.
literature
- Patricia Elena González: Jairo Aníbal Niño: un dramaturgo colombiano. In: Latin American theater review. Lawrence, Kansas, 2, 1982, pp. 35-44.
- Carlos Espinosa: Todas mis obras nacen de un indeclinable amor por el pueblo: entrevista a Jairo Aníbal Niño. In: Conjunto. La Habana, 1982, No. 52, pp. 31-38.
- Omar Parra Rozo: Lo trascendente en la literatura infantil: a visión crítica de la narrativa de Jairo Aníbal Niño. Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá 2007, ISBN 978-958-631-463-3 .
See also
Web links
- La Biografia
- Lecturalia
- EL UNIVERSAL: Murió autor colombiano de literatura infantil Jairo Aníbal Niño (August 30, 2010)
- EL TIEMPO: Se detuvo la pluma de Jairo Aníbal Niño, quien falleció el lunes en Hospital de Bogotá
- RCN RADIO: En la Funeraria Gaviria será velado Jairo Aníbal Niño
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niño, Jairo Aníbal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zoro, Amadeo (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moniquirá , Boyacá , Colombia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bogotá |