Manuel Zapata Olivella

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Zapata Olivella at the Liga Latinoamericana de Artistas

Manuel Zapata Olivella (born March 17, 1920 in Santa Cruz de Lorica , Colombia , † November 19, 2004 in Bogotá ) was a Colombian writer.

Zapata Olivella worked as a doctor. As a writer, he has published short stories, novels and dramas.

anecdote

On a regional flight from Barranquilla to Corozal , on 29 May 1982 was in the Manuel Zapata Olivella, that's aircraft shortly after takeoff with a fighter aircraft of the Colombian Air Force collided. The Tavina pilots managed to ditch on the Laguna de Malambo ( Malambo Lake ). None of the seven occupants on board was injured. Manuell Zapata Olivella was rescued by fishermen along with the other occupants of the aircraft. The military plane landed at Barranquilla airport.

Works (selection)

  • Tierra mojada , 1947
  • He visto la noche , 1953
  • Cuentos de muerte y libertad , 1961
  • Detrás del rosto , 1963
  • En Chimá nace un santo , 164
  • Chambacú, corral de negros , 1967

literature

  • Zapata Olivella, Manuel , in: Modern Latin American prose , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin, 1976, p. 428.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La pericia de los pilotos evitó una grave tragedia El Tiempo, accessed on January 10, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ CRASH OF AN EMBRAER EMB-110P1 BANDEIRANTE IN BARRANQUILLA Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, accessed on January 10, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Zapata Olivella, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz de Lorica , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 2004
Place of death Bogotá