Rafael Pombo
Rafael Pombo | |
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 Image of José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo | |
| Born | José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo 7 November 1833 Bogotá, Republic of New Granada |
| Died | 5 May 1912 (aged 78) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (November 7, 1833 – May 5, 1912) was a Colombian poet born in
nursery rhymes from the Anglo-Saxon
oral tradition. The product of this work, more than a translation, was a transformative adaptation published in two books under the titles Cuentos pintados para niños and Cuentos morales para niños formales.
In spite of his extensive and diverse literary works, Rafael Pombo is mostly remembered for this contribution to children's literature. Among his most popular children's fables are Michín, Juan Chunguero,
Pastorcita, El Renacuajo paseador.
After seventeen years in the United States of America, Rafael Pombo returned to Colombia, where he worked as a celebrated translator and journalist (founding several newspapers). On August 20, 1905 he was crowned as Colombia's best poet - his Poesías Completas was published in 1957, from which the poem En El Niágara was taken. Rafael Pombo remained in Colombia until his death on May 5, 1912.
References
- WikiSource has the original works of Rafael Pombo (in Spanish)
- Entry in the Online Library of Colombia's Central Bank (Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango)
- Shorter entry in the Online Library of Colombia's Central Bank (Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango)
- Short Biography in the official website of the Presidency of Colombia
- Entry in the Online Library of the Andes
