José Joaquín Ortiz Rojas (Órtiz, José Migeros)

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1836  -  Colombia  -  Not applicable  -  With José Eusebio Caro he founded the literary journal La Estrella Nacional.

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Writers (men)

Biography:
A political journalist, born on 10 July 1814, Tunja, Colombia, he founded El Correo de las Aldeas, El Porvenir and many others. (Sánchez López, 527)

He wrote the tragedy, Sulma, and the drama, El Hijo Pródigo. He held a polemic with José María Samper in defence of the church. He wrote María Dolores o la Historia de mi casamiento in 1841. (Ardila, 27, 464.)

A poet and friend of José Eusebio Caro, they founded the literary journal La Estrella Nacional in 1836. He published a collection of Caro's poems. (Coester, 275, 278)

He used pseudonym José Migeros.

He died in Bogotá on 14 February 1892.

References:

Ardila A, Hector M. (1984) Hombres y letras de Colombia
Coester, Alfred (1919) The Literary History of Spanish America
Sánchez López, Luis María (1985) Diccionario de escritores colombianos