José Joaquín Vallejo (Jotabeche)

Other names/titles:
Gender: M
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

He was born in 1809 or 1811, became a politician, founded the newspaper El Copiapino and contributed to El Mercurio de Valparaíso at the beginning of 1842. He was Encargado de Negocios, Bolivia. He died in 1858. (Montes, Orlandi, 66-69)

He contributed to El Semanario Literario, and made fun of romanticism. (Coester, 199-200)

A letter he wrote to his mother, Petita Borcosque, is reproduced by Silva Castro. In it he awards a medal given to Chilean officials in Lima to Manuelita, which his brother carried with honour. (Silva Castro, 53-54)

Life Events

Born	1809	He was born in 1809 or 1811.
Other	1828	He wrote to his mother on 22 September 1828.
Died	1858

References

Montes, Hugo and Orlandi, Julio, (1969), Historia y antología de la literatura chilena

Szmulewicz, Efráin, (1977), Diccionario de la literatura chilena.

Silva Castro, Raúl, (1954), Cartas chilenas (Siglos XVIII y XIX)

Publications
Letter: Carta

Links
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