Zacarías Reyán
Encyclopedia
Zacarías Reyán is the pseudonym of Reinaldo Antonio Plazas Peralta, also known as Z. Reyán, a Colombia
n writer, author of novel
s, poems and epic
s in Spanish language
. He was born in Chiquinquirá
on May 10, 1948. At present, he lives in Bogotá
.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n writer, author of novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s, poems and epic
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
s in Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. He was born in Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570m above sea level and has a yearly average temperature 58°F....
on May 10, 1948. At present, he lives in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
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Work
- Tierra Dorada: Un Canto a Hispanoamérica (poems, 1977) ISBN 958-33-7205-6
- Inmortales: Un Canto a Dios, al Hombre y a la Historia (epic poetryEpic poetryAn epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
, 1979) ISBN 958-601-034-4
- Laberinto 1900-2001: Historia de un Pueblo y dos Mujeres (novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, 1979) ISBN 958-33-9443-2
- Cristo Rey: Un Canto a la Obra de Dios (epic poetryEpic poetryAn epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
, 1979) ISBN 958-601-037-8-3
- Un Canto a la Tierra y a la Vida: Poesía del Siglo XX y de todos los Tiempos (poems, 2006) ISBN 958-33-9748-2
- Biblioteca-Casa Museo Épica 64: Memorias de Zacarías Reyán más un Poema, Far West (memoirMemoirA memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
s plus a poem, 2007) ISBN 978-958-44-1515-8
- Bicentenario: Nacimiento de un País (historic novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, 2008) ISBN 958-44-2793-8
- Obra Completa de Zacarías Reyán (anthologyAnthologyAn anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
, 2009) ISBN 978-958-44-4335-9