Óscar Alfaro

Óscar Alfaro, whose full name was Óscar González Alfaro, was born in San Lorenzo, in the department of Tarija, on 5 September 1921. He began studying law in Cochabamba but did not finish, then taught Spanish and literature at the teacher training college of Canasmoro and at other schools in Tarija and La Paz. A member of the Communist Party, he belonged to the second generation of Gesta Bárbara and hosted a programme for children on Radio Illimani. He died in La Paz on Christmas Day 1963, shortly after receiving the national prize for literature.

In the catalogue 1

• PoetryBajo el sol de TarijaÓscar Alfaro · 1947not translated into EnglishLiterature