Luis Vidales (26 July 1904 – 14 June 1990) was a Colombian poet, writer, statistician and politician. Born in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia. In Bogotá, he was a founding member of the literary group Los Nuevos, where he participated in various literary and political gatherings with Luis Tejada, Ricardo Rendon, León de Greiff, José Mar and others.
From 1930 Vidales began militancy in the Colombian Communist Party, holding the role of general secretary between 1932 and 1934 . He worked regularly in newspapers such as El Espectador and El Tiempo.
In 1932 he assumed the post of editor-in-chief of the daily Tierra, an official organ of the Communist Party, under the leadership of Guillermo Rodríguez Hernández. As an editor, Vidales waged a vigorous campaign against the Colombian-Peruvian War, calling on soldiers from both nations to fraternize at the front and 'turn their weapons against their own officers.
After leaving the civil service in 1978, he again returned to the political struggle as an activist of the Communist Party. In 1979, during the reign of Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala, military units raided his residence, illegally detaining the poet and his wife under the pretext of obtaining a warrant for the arrest of another person and searching for weapons from the M-19 guerrilla group. This caused outrage in national and international public opinion; among the signatories of the protest notes was the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
However, he initially refused to come out of prison and demanded that the workers detained with him also be released, and therefore went on a hunger strike.
In 1982 he won the National Poetry Prize and in 1985 the Lenin Peace Prize.
Selected worksedit
Poetryedit
Suenan timbres (1926).
La Obreriada (1978).
Poemas del abominable hombre del Barrio Las Nieves (1985).
Antología poética (1985).
El libro de los fantasmas (1986).
Cuadrito en movimiento (1987)
Essaysedit
Tratado de estética (1945).
La insurrección desplomada (1948).
La circunstancia social en el arte (1973).
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luis, vidales, july, 1904, june, 1990, colombian, poet, writer, statistician, politician, born, calarcá, quindío, colombia, bogotá, founding, member, literary, group, nuevos, where, participated, various, literary, political, gatherings, with, luis, tejada, ri. Luis Vidales 26 July 1904 14 June 1990 was a Colombian poet writer statistician and politician Born in Calarca Quindio Colombia In Bogota he was a founding member of the literary group Los Nuevos where he participated in various literary and political gatherings with Luis Tejada Ricardo Rendon Leon de Greiff Jose Mar and others Luis Vidales Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 2 1 Poetry 2 2 EssaysBiography editFrom 1930 Vidales began militancy in the Colombian Communist Party holding the role of general secretary between 1932 and 1934 He worked regularly in newspapers such as El Espectador and El Tiempo In 1932 he assumed the post of editor in chief of the daily Tierra an official organ of the Communist Party under the leadership of Guillermo Rodriguez Hernandez As an editor Vidales waged a vigorous campaign against the Colombian Peruvian War calling on soldiers from both nations to fraternize at the front and turn their weapons against their own officers After the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan in 1948 Luis Vidales and his family were subject to persecution by the right wing regime and went into exile in Chile They returned to Colombia in 1958 with the invitation of president Alberto Lleras Camargo Vidales then took over the management of the National Administrative Department of Statistics After leaving the civil service in 1978 he again returned to the political struggle as an activist of the Communist Party In 1979 during the reign of Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala military units raided his residence illegally detaining the poet and his wife under the pretext of obtaining a warrant for the arrest of another person and searching for weapons from the M 19 guerrilla group This caused outrage in national and international public opinion among the signatories of the protest notes was the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre However he initially refused to come out of prison and demanded that the workers detained with him also be released and therefore went on a hunger strike In 1982 he won the National Poetry Prize and in 1985 the Lenin Peace Prize Selected works editPoetry edit Suenan timbres 1926 La Obreriada 1978 Poemas del abominable hombre del Barrio Las Nieves 1985 Antologia poetica 1985 El libro de los fantasmas 1986 Cuadrito en movimiento 1987 Essays edit Tratado de estetica 1945 La insurreccion desplomada 1948 La circunstancia social en el arte 1973 nbsp nbsp This article about a Colombian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luis Vidales amp oldid 1174133292, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
