Joaquín Beleño

Joaquín Beleño Cedeño was born in Panama City, in the Santa Ana district. A commerce graduate of the Instituto Nacional, he studied public administration at the University of Panama and, as a student, worked as a docker at the port of Balboa, then as a bricklayer in the American enclave, an experience from which he drew three novels. A journalist, he wrote columns in the daily La Hora and led the journalists' union of Panama. He died in Panama City on 5 February 1988, on his birthday.

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• NovelLuna verdeJoaquín Beleño · 1951not translated into EnglishLiterature