Manuel Zapata Olivella

Manuel Zapata Olivella was a writer and anthropoligist largely credited as being the most significant representative and defender of Afro-Latin literature. He founded journals, taught and lectured widely, and represented Colombia at numerous international colloquia. He is best known as the author of eight sociologically charged novels, many of which have won literary prizes both in Colombia and abroad. Jonathan Tittler isa professor at Rutgers University and the author of El verbo y el mando:...See more

Manuel Zapata Olivella was a writer and anthropoligist largely credited as being the most significant representative and defender of Afro-Latin literature. He founded journals, taught and lectured widely, and represented Colombia at numerous international colloquia. He is best known as the author of eight sociologically charged novels, many of which have won literary prizes both in Colombia and abroad. Jonathan Tittler isa professor at Rutgers University and the author of El verbo y el mando: Vida y milagros de Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal , Narrative Irony in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel , Manuel Puig , and Violencia y literatura enColombia " See less