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María is a novel written by Colombian writer Jorge Isaacs between 1864 and 1867. It is a costumbrist novel representative of the Spanish Romantic movement. It may be considered a precursor of the criollist novels of the 1920s and 1930s in Latin America .
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María , became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature.
In 1985, Luis Ospina and Jorge Nieto attempted to retrace the history of the filming of María in a short documentary entitled En busca de María. [ 22 ] [ 37 ] In this film, Ospina is the voice of Alfredo del Diestro, while Carlos Mayolo plays Maximo Calvo, in the re-enacted scenes recounting the making of María .
The 50,000 Colombian peso note is the second highest denomination of Colombian currency.Designed by Óscar Muñoz, the front of the notes feature Jorge Isaacs and the heroine of his novel María, and the back of the notes feature an Albizia saman tree, two palm trees, an image of Isaacs' house El Paraiso, and an excerpt from María.
First edition. Strange Pilgrims (Spanish: Doce cuentos peregrinos, lit. 'Twelve Pilgrim Stories') is a collection of twelve loosely related short stories by the Nobel Prize–winning Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.
Maria quickly learned of her husband's true character. She tried to ignore him by cultivating a greater appreciation for literature and the arts, but he became increasingly dissolute: he whored, gambled, and bankrupted the couple. Maria soon became pregnant after unwanted sexual encounters with her husband.
Maria Full of Grace (Spanish title: María, llena eres de gracia, lit., "Maria, you are full of grace") is a 2004 Spanish-language drama film written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film was a US-Colombia co-production. The story follows a Colombian girl who becomes a drug mule for a trafficking ring.
José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of mestizo descent who was fluent in the Quechua language .