Armando Alba Zambrana
Bolivian writer, journalist, historian, and politician
Armando Alba Zambrana | |
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Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs | |
In office 10 March 1947 – 14 January 1948 | |
President | Enrique Hertzog |
Preceded by | Manuel Elías P. |
Succeeded by | Alberto Salinas López |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 February 1901 |
Died | 10 October 1974(1974-10-10) (aged 73) |
Armando Alba Zambrana (9 February 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a Bolivian writer, journalist, historian and politician from Potosí.[1] He won the Premio Nacional de Cultura in 1969. He was an important[according to whom?] member of Gesta Bárbara and founded the Editorial Potosí group of writers. During the administration of President Enrique Hertzog, Alba was appointed Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs.[2] He was also the Bank Secretary of Potosí[3] and the 100th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2001.[4]
Works
- Voces áulicas (poetry, 1918).
- Temple de la montaña y otros cuentos (stories, 1926).
- Imagen de Potosí y de su Casa Real de Moneda (essays, 1946).
- Enumeración del Proceso Potosino y "Gesta Bárbara" (essays, 1946).
- Del viejo hontanar (poetry, 1970).
- Bolívar (anthology, 1970).
- Prólogos escogidos (2001).
- Imagen de Potosí (2001).
References
- ^ "Armando Alba, 119 años después". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Gisbert 2003, pp. 348–349
- ^ Araujo Subieta, Mario (2001). "Armando Alba y la Casa de Moneda". Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia. pp. 1–248. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Fundación Cultural Banco Central de Bolivia, Issues 14-15; Issues 17-19". La Fundación. 2001. pp. 49–55. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
Bibliography
- Álvarez del Real, María Eloísa (1991). 12.000 minibiografías. Panamá: América, S.A. p. 21. ISBN 0-944499-76-7.
- Blanco Mamani, Elías (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. La Paz: Plural Editores. p. 15. ISBN 99905-63-62-4.
- Gisbert, Carlos D. Mesa (2003). Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado (in Spanish). Editorial Gisbert. pp. 344–347.
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Preceded by Manuel Elías P. | Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs 1947–1948 | Succeeded by Alberto Salinas López |
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Cabinet of President Enrique Hertzog (1947–1949)
- Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1947–1949)
- Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1947)
- Luis Fernando Guachalla (1947)
- Tomás Manuel Elío (1947–1948)
- Adolfo Costa du Rels (1948)
- Javier Paz Campero (1948–1949)
- Juan Manuel Balcázar (1949)
- Luis Fernando Guachalla (1949)
- Luis Ponce Lozada (1947)
- Alfredo Mollinedo (1947–1949)
- Néstor Guillén (1947)
- Eduardo Montes Montes (1947)
- Pedro Zilveti Arce (1947–1948)
- Gustavo Carlos Otero (1948–1949)
- Waldo Belmonte Pool (1949)
- Alcides Molina (1947)
- Carlos Guachalla (1947–1948)
- José Romero Loza (1948–1949)
- Vicente Leyton (1949)
- Héctor Ormachea Zalles (1949)
- Germán Costas (1947)
- Raul Laguna Lozada (1947–1948)
- Arturo Gutiérrez Tezanos-Pinto (1948)
- Ernesto Monasterios (1948–1949)
- Alberto Sarti Peláez (1949)
- Germán Zegarra Caero (1949)
- Aniceto Quezada (1947)
- Gustavo Henrich (1947–1948)
- Luis Ponce Lozada (1948)
- Constantino Carrión (1948–1949)
- Guillermo Gutiérrez Vea Murguía (1949)
- Carlos Morales Ugarte (1947)
- Alfredo Mendizábal (1947)
- Daniel Gamarra (1947–1948)
- Ernesto Monasterios (1948)
- Julio Céspedes Añez (1948)
- Julio Tellez Reyes (1948–1949)
- Fernando Loayza Beltrán (1949)
- Gastón Arauz Eguía (1949)
- Carlos Morales Ugarte (1947)
- Melchor Pinto (1947–1948)
- Juan Manuel Balcázar (1948–1949)
- Agustín Benavides (1949)
- Juan Manuel Balcázar (1949)
- Armando Alba Zambrana (1947–1948)
- Alberto Salinas López (1948)
- Víctor Cabrera Lozada (1948)
- Antonio Rico Toro (1948–1949)
- José Chávez Suárez (1949)
- José Saavedra Suárez (1947)
- Osvaldo Gutiérrez (1947)
- Eduardo Tardío (1947–1948)
- Germán Zegarra Caero (1948)
- Eduardo Guzmán Villa (1948–1949)
- Gilfredo Cortés Candia (1949)
- Miguel Mercado Moreira (1949)