Jaime Mendoza Explained
| Jaime Mendoza Gonzáles |
| Birth Date: | 1874 |
| Birth Place: | Sucre, Bolivia |
| Occupation: | Doctor, journalist, writer |
| Notable Works: | En las tierras del Potosí (1911) |
| Known For: | Novelist, founder of newspapers |
Jaime Mendoza Gonzáles (1874–1939) was a Bolivian doctor, journalist and writer. A native of Sucre, he trained to be a doctor, providing valuable services in Llallagua and in Guerra del Acre. As a journalist, he founded the newspapers Nuevas Rutas and La República in Sucre. He also wrote for many newspapers around the country.[1]
His novel En las tierras del Potosí (1911)[2] is considered one of the best novels in Bolivian literature.
Selected novels
- En las tierras del Potosí (1911)
- Páginas bárbaras (1914)
- Memorias de un estudiante (1918)
- Los héroes anónimos (1928)
- El lago enigmático (1936)
- Voces de antaño (1938)
Selected non-fiction
- La Universidad de Charcas y la idea revolucionaria (1924)
- La creación de una nacionalidad (1925)
- Ayacucho y el Alto Perú (1926)
- Biografía de Gregorio Pacheco (1926)
- El factor Geográfico en la nacionalidad boliviana (1925)
- El Macizo Boliviano (1935)
- La Tesis Andinista, Bolivia-Paraguay (1933)
- La tragedia del Chaco (1933).
Notes and References
- Web site: Jaime Mendoza / Biografía .: Un día en la historia de Bolivia. historia.com.bo.
- Book: Mendoza, Jaime . En las tierras del Potosi . 1911 . Tasso . es.
