Jaime Ardila Casamitjana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Colombian writer
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Place of Birth: Zapatoca, Santander Department, Colombia
About Jaime Ardila Casamitjana
- Jaime Ardila Casamitjana (12 January 1919 – 30 January 2019) was a Colombian writer.
- He was born in Zapatoca, and graduated from the Colegio de San Pedro Claver in 1936, going on to a journalistic career.
- He was known for his novels Babel (1945) and Las manzanas del paraiso (1960).
- In 1965, he founded the tabloid El Espacio.
- He was the father of the politician Pablo Ardila Sierra.
- He died on 30 January 2019 in Barcelona, at the age of 100.
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