José Eustasio Rivera

José Eustasio Rivera (February 19, 1888 - December 1, 1928) was a Colombian politician and writer who worked as a lawyer in the arrangement of the limits between Colombia and Venezuela, when he could visit the flatlands and the tropical jungle, places that greatly influenced his works.

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February 19 - 1888 - December 1 - 1928 - Colombia - Politician - Writer - Lawyer - Venezuela - Jungle

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Rivera's short labour as a writer began with Tierra de promisión (1921), which is a compilation of poems written in a modernist style, and ended with his most known work La Vorágine.

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1921 - Modernist - La Vorágine

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