Armando Alba Zambrana Explained

Armando Alba Zambrana
Office:	Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs
President:	Enrique Hertzog
Term Start:	10 March 1947
Term End:	14 January 1948
Predecessor:	Manuel Elías P.
Successor:	Alberto Salinas López
Birth Date:	9 February 1901

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 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. He was also the Bank Secretary of Potosí^[2] and the 100th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2001.^[3]

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).

Bibliography

• Book: Álvarez del Real, María Eloísa. 12.000 minibiografías. 1991. América, S.A.. Panamá. 0-944499-76-7. 21.
• Book: Blanco Mamani, Elías . Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. 2005. Plural Editores. La Paz. 99905-63-62-4. 15.
• Book: Gisbert, Carlos D. Mesa . Carlos Mesa . Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado. 2003. Editorial Gisbert. 344–347. es.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armando Alba, 119 años después. 2021-02-19. Correo del Sur. es.
2. News: Araujo Subieta . Mario . Armando Alba y la Casa de Moneda . 2001 . 1–248 . Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia . September 25, 2015.
3. News: Fundación Cultural Banco Central de Bolivia, Issues 14-15; Issues 17-19 . 49–55 . 2001 . La Fundación . September 25, 2015.