Julio Arboleda Pombo

Julio Arboleda Pombo
Born	9 June 1817
Died	13 November 1862  (aged 45)
Alma mater	University of Cauca
Occupation	Poet, writer
Spouse(s)	Sofía Mosquera de Arboleda

Julio Arboleda Pombo (9 July 1817, Barbacoas, Viceroyalty of New Granada – 1862) was a Colombian poet, journalist, and politician. He was also a prominent slave owner, and led a failed rebellion in 1851 with the aim of preventing the abolition of slavery in the country.

Biography

He was educated in

, but soon afterwards was assassinated, by political enemies it is supposed.

Poetry

He wrote in French, English, and Italian, as well as in his own language, Spanish. His poems are much esteemed in Spanish-American literature. Titles include "Dios y la virtud" (God and virtue), "Estoy en la cárcel" (I am in jail), "Me ausento" (I leave), "Te quiero" (I love you) and the long one called "Gonzalo de Oyón" (Gonzalo of Oyón). The manuscript of "Gonzalo de Oyón", called by some his most important work, was almost completely destroyed by an opponent, and only fragmentary copies are preserved. A collection of Arboleda's poetry was republished in New York in 1884.

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References

• New International Encyclopedia
  (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Arboleda, Julio" . Encyclopedia Americana.
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Arboleda, Julio" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.