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Armando Alba Zambrana

Bolivian writer, journalist, historian, and politician

Armando Alba Zambrana


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.