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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.
A theater and film buff, [1] he had seen several films by the Spaniard Máximo Calvo Olmedo, including Guerra entre Panamá y Costa Rica. [7] In 1921, he suggested to Calvo, then in Panama, that he make a film based on the novel María by Jorge Isaacs. To this end, he went to the director's photography studio and gave him a copy of the novel ...
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1496 [4]-other sources state 1506 or 1509 [5] [6] – Suesca, 16 February 1579) - First chronicler as he kept diaries of his own conquests, main conquistador of large parts of Colombia, may have been the (partial) author of Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada (not published until 1889), his diaries ...
Where the Tracks End (Spanish: El último vagón, lit. ' The last wagon ') is a 2023 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Ernesto Contreras from a screenplay by Javier Peñalosa. [2] Starring Adriana Barraza and Kaarlo Isaacs. [3] It is based on the novel of the same name by Ángeles Doñantes. [4]
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.
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.
She meets Jorge De la Rosa, a young peasant raised by Indians in the forest and falls in love with him. Orquídea who has now become one of the most powerful women in the region, discovers that María de los Ángeles is her niece, and decides to use her spoilt step-son Rodrigo to seduce her and marry her in order to have rightful claim to the ...