Eduardo Francisco Cote Lamus (18 August 1928 – 3 August 1964) was a Colombian lawyer, poet and politician.

Personal life

Born on 18 August 1928 in Cúcuta

Cúcuta

Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...

, North Santander; the youngest of three, his parents were Pablo Antonio Cote Bautista and Emma Lamus Hernández, his other two older siblings were Elena and José Guillermo. He married Alicia Baráibar in 1958, a Spaniard and daughter of Germán Baráibar Usandizaga, the Ambassador of Spain

Spain

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in Colombia. He had three children wit his wife, Pedro, Elena, and Ramón.

External links

• http://colombia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=17225 On the writing of Eduardo Cote Lamus
• http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/coteedua.htm Mario Jursich: Cote Lamus, Eduardo
• http://www.vanguardia.com/historico/3451-eduardo-cote-lamus-1928-1964 Jimmy Humberto Fortuna; Eduardo Cote Lamus (1928–1964)
• http://laplayadebelen.org/EDUARDO_COTE_LAMUS/COTE_30A%D1OS.html Eduardo Cote Lamus, 30 años de ausencia
• http://www.antologiacriticadelapoesiacolombiana.com/bibliografias/eduardo_cote_lamus.html Bibliography on Eduardo Cote Lamus