Adolfo León Gómez Explained
Adolfo León Gómez (19 September 1857 - 9 June 1927) was a Colombian poet, jurist and politician born in Pasca, Cundinamarca, Republic of New Granada. He was a grandson of Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, the first secular woman writer in Colombia. His three act play in verse El Soldado, related to the decisive battle of La Humareda, and the end of the Colombian civil war of 1884-1885, gave life to the popular pasillo "El Soldado".[1]
Works
- El soldado: drama histórico 1892[2]
Further reading
- Sánchez López, Luis María: Diccionario de escritores colombianos, - 2a. ed. - Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1982
Notes and References
- Song and Popular Culture Max Matter, Nils Grosch 3830970757 p177 "... of the decisive battle of La Humareda, the end of the civil war of 1885.37 Probably related to the same war was the anonymous song El Soldado (PASILLO?) composed for its namesake historical drama of 1892 by Adolfo León Gómez ..
- Apolo: revista de arte - Volumes 1-10 1906 - Page 260 "El doctor Adolfo León Gómez, autor del hermoso drama «El Soldado» del cual hablamos en números anteriores, acaba de obsequiarnos con un grueso volumen de poesías que publicó en colaboración con su hermano Ernesto "
