Udalrico Zambrana

Udalrico Zambrana
Born (1938-01-22) January 22, 1938 (age 86)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
OccupationPoet
LanguageSpanish
GenrePoetry

Udalrico Zambrana (Bolivian Spanish pronunciation: [uðal'ɾiko sam'bɾana]; born January 22, 1938), full name Udalrico Antonio Zambrana Franco, is a Bolivian poet.

Biography

Early life

Zambrana was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, to Carlos Zambrana Franco and Delicia Franco de Zambrana. He has two sisters and one brother.[1]

Education and career

After graduating from the since-demolished[2] Enrique Finot high school in Santa Cruz, Zambrana attended the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (UAGRM), where he studied accountancy.[1] In addition to writing poetry, he has worked in the economic sector and as a journalist.[3]

Poetry by Udalrico Zambrana has been published in numerous Bolivian journals. His poetic output consists mostly of formal verse in rhymed quatrains composed in styles reminiscent of sung folk music associated with eastern Bolivia, in particular the taquirari. A notable feature of Zambrana's writing is the incorporation of linguistic elements associated with the Spanish of lowland Bolivia, and more particularly with Spanish as traditionally spoken in Santa Cruz. His poems often make use of, for example, regionally restricted terms for natural features and distinctive elements of local culture; instances of eye dialect indicating that the speaker is to be read as pronouncing words in a manner characteristic of residents of the department of Santa Cruz, such as replacement of standard Spanish ⟨s⟩ with ⟨j⟩ word-finally; and words formed from application of distinctively eastern Bolivian suffixes such as diminutive -ingo/-inga.[1]

In addition to his writing, Zambrana has acted in regional theatrical troupes and was a longstanding member of a local choir.[1]

Marriage and children

Zambrana is married to Dolly Román and has three children.[1]

Published works

Poetry collections

Romancero oriental (1978)

Romancero cruceño I (2000)

Romancero cruceño II (2000)

Recognition

Zambrana's poems "A Santa Cruz," "El carretón de mi tierra," "En la tranquera," "Leña en carretón," and "Rondel de la morochinga" were selected for inclusion in the Internet archive Soy Santa Cruz as pieces deemed illustrative of the cultural heritage of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Udalrico Zambrana, amante del canto, el teatro, y de la poesía". El Deber. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Demuelen la infraestructura del excolegio Enrique Finot". El Día. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ Blanco Mamani, Elías (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana (in Spanish). Vol. 1. La Paz: Plural. p. 208.
  4. ^ "Poesías, Zambrana Franco Udalrico". Soy Santa Cruz Bolivia. 2003–2015. Retrieved 30 March 2020.