Ramón Amaya Amador
Ramón Amaya Amador | |
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Born | Ramón Amaya Amador April 29, 1916 Olanchito, Honduras |
Died | November 24, 1966 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | (aged 50)
Nationality | Honduran |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, and political activist |
Ramón Amaya Amador (April 29, 1916 – November 24, 1966) was a Honduran journalist, author, and political activist, known for his most recognizable works "Prision verde" and "Cipotes".
Biography
Amaya was born in Olanchito in the department of Yoro. After being educated in La Ceiba, he worked on the banana plantations along the Northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. He published his first work in 1939. He became a journalist in 1941 for El Atlántico (The Atlantic), a La Ceiba newspaper. In October 1943 he founded a weekly magazine in Olanchito called Alerta (Alert).
A leading Honduran
When the Arbenz government fell in June 1954, Amador sought refuge in the
Published books
His son Carlos Amaya Fúnez has worked over many years to promote the work of his father.[1] The dates given indicate when the books were written, not when they were first published. These books have all been published in Spanish though there are almost twenty others which remain unpublished.
- Prisión Verde (1945)
- Amanecer (1947)
- El indio Sánchez (1948)
- Bajo el signo de la Paz (1952)
- Constructores (1958)
- El señor de la sierra (1957)
- Los brujos de Ilamatepeque (1958)
- Biografía de un machete (1959)
- Destacamento Rojo (1960)
- El camino de mayo (1963so
- Cipotes (1963)
- Con la misma herradura (1963)
- Jacinta Peralta (1964)
- Operación gorila (1965)
- Los rebeldes de la villa de San Miguel (1966) (Volume 1 of a 5 volume series called Morazaneida)