Pedro Medina Avendaño Explained

Pedro Medina Avendaño
Birth Date:1915 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Cómbita, Boyacá, Colombia
Death Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Occupation:Lawyer, Political Scientist, writer
Language:Spanish language
Nationality:Colombian
Alma Mater:National University of Colombia
Genre:Lyric poetry
Notableworks:Anthem of Bogotá, Anthem of Boyacá
Spouse:Sofia Torres Remolina
(1944—2012)
Awards:Civil Order of Merit
Rank of Grand District Cross
- City of Bogotá, 2002

Pedro Medina Avendaño (14 September 1915  - 31 August 2012[1]) was a Colombian lawyer and poet, author of the Anthem of Bogotá and the Anthem of Boyacá, he was also known as the "Poet of the Anthems".[2]

Medina, son of Pedro Medina Niño and Carmen Avendaño,[2] married Sofia Torres Remolina in 1944. He attended school in Tunja at the Colegio Salesiano, and later attended the National University of Colombia, where he received a Doctorate of Laws, Political Science and Social Sciences, specialized in Penal and Administrative law.[3]

In addition to authoring the anthems of Bogotá[4] and Boyacá,[5] he has composed the anthems of his native city of Cómbita,[6] and Sogamoso,[7] as well as the anthems of other institutions such as the anthem of Tunja's Lawyers Club,[8] the anthem of the Colombian Liberal Party,[9] the anthems of the Universidad Libre,[10] La Gran Colombia University,[11] Central University[12] and the Colegio Mayor of Cundinamarca University,[13] among many more. For his contributions, the City of Bogotá awarded Medina the Civil Order of Merit "City of Bogotá" in the rank of Grand District Cross for Distinguished Merit.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murió Pedro Medina Avendaño, compositor del himno de Bogotá . RCN Radio . 31 August 2012 . 2012-12-07 . dead . https://archive.today/20130201023930/http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/murio-pedro-medina-avendano-compositor-del-himno-de-bogota-18770 . 1 February 2013 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Homenaje al autor del himno de Bogotá, "El Poeta de los Himnos". 6 August 2009. 2010-02-04. Blog Samu[El]Alcalde. Samuel. Moreno Rojas. Samuel Moreno Rojas. Bogotá.
  3. Web site: Decreto 470 de 2002 . Antanas . Mockus Šivickas . Antanas Mockus Šivickas . Soraya Montoya Gonzalez . 21 November 2002 . Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá . . 2010-02-04 .
  4. Web site: El Himno de Bogotá. 9 April 2006. 2010-02-04. Alcaldía de Bogotá.
  5. Book: Ocampo López, Javier. 57. 978-958-9160-89-3. 318241361. District University of Bogotá. El imaginario en Boyacá: la identidad del pueblo boyacense y su proyección en la simbología regional. 2001 . 1.
  6. Web site: Información general-Símbolos. Alcaldía de Cómbita. 2010-02-04.
  7. Web site: Información general-Símbolos. Alcaldía de Sogamoso. 2010-02-04.
  8. El Tiempo. El Hombre Del Himno. Katya. Chamié. 6 August 2008. 2010-02-04.
  9. Book: Pinzón de Lewin, Patricia. Los partidos políticos colombianos : (estatutos, reglamentos, programas). FESCOL. Bogotá. 18573079. 1987.
  10. Web site: Símbolos. Universidad Libre. 2010-02-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707052732/http://www.unilibrepereira.edu.co/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=22. 7 July 2011. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Heráldica Grancolombiana. La Gran Colombia University. 2010-02-04.
  12. Web site: Himno Universidad Central. 1. Universidad Central. 2010-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20110409032425/http://www.conexioncentral.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PROGRAMACI%C3%93N-TEMPORADA-DEL-ARTE-2009-ARTE-Y-CIENCIA.pdf. 9 April 2011. dead.
  13. Web site: Símbolos. 2010-02-04. Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca.

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