Literature From Bolivia comes one of the foremost literary documents of the Spanish colonial era, the 18th-century chronicle “The History of the Villa Imperial de Potosí” (“The Imperial City of Potosís History”), written by Bartolomé Orsúa y Vela. Political independence at the beginning of the 19th century meant no literary flourishing in Bolivia. Only at […]
Literature, drama and theater Guyana’s multicultural reality is reflected early in its literature. One example is the black 19th century poet Simon Christian Oliver, who in his poems protested against slavery. He is one of the authors featured in Norman Cameron’s important anthology “Guianese Poetry: 1831–1931” (1931). The poet AJ Seymour’s magazine Kyk-over-al (1945–61) became […]
Literature, drama and theater The conflicts with the neighboring countries, the isolation and the search for a Paraguayan identity are recurring themes of the poets in Paraguay, especially Josefina Plá, Herib Campos Cervera, Hugo Rodríguez Alcalá and Rúben Bareiro Saguier. Long-standing dictatorships have driven many writers into exile, such as the socially engaged poet Elvio […]
Literature The chroniclers Pedro Cieza de León, Agustín de Zárate and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa depicted the Spanish conquest of Peru in the 16th century and helped to shape the image of the Incarct. Peru received an excellent master writer in Garcilaso de la Vega early on, nicknamed El Inca. His “Comentarios reales” (1609) and […]
Literature Twenty-two languages are spoken in Suriname, and in thirteen of them literature is written. To this is added an oral singing tradition among the caribou. Among writers who write in Dutch can be mentioned Albert Helman with the novel “The quiet plantation” (“The silent plantation”, 1931), as well as Bea Vianen and Astrid Roemer. […]
Literature Rural life with the freedom-loving gauchon as a symbol, the liberation from Spanish colonial power and the search for a national identity were central themes in the literature in Uruguay during the 19th and early 1900’s, in the prose with Eduardo Acevedo Díaz and Carlos Reyles and within poetry with Bartolomé Hidalgo and Juan […]
Literature, drama and theater The Spanish conquest and colonial era gained their chronicles in the 16th century in Fray Pedro de Aguado and in the 1700’s in José de Oviedo y Baños. Francisco de Miranda, who was involved in the liberation from Spain, wrote a series of diaries from his travels in North America and […]
Below is a list of world heritage of UNESCO in the continent of Asia. Check countryaah to view all Asian countries. Vietnam Vietnam – Southeast Asia Vietnam is a state in Asia. The capital of the country is Hanoi. Around 90 million Vietnamese people, Vietnamese people of other nationalities, live in Vietnam. The official language is […]
The following Toronto hotels are divided into three categories: Luxurious (over C $ 250) Moderate ( C $ 150 to 250) Inexpensive (up to C $ 150) These are minimum prices for a double room excluding tax and breakfast unless otherwise stated specified. Province of Ontario sales tax and government sales tax are added to the hotel […]
