Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian writer (1858-1940) · Colombia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1871 to 1936 · aged 65
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 - 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated himself to very simple jobs: tailor, secretary of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker at the Ministry of Public Works.
Tomás Carrasquilla is read about 44 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 117 days, one point a day.
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Don Tomás Carrasquilla in 1929, a picture by Melitón Rodríguez.
Bust of Tomás Carrasquilla in the Little Paisa Town Park in Medellín.
The Tomás Carrasquilla Library in Medellín.
González, el filósofo de Otraparte, was a great admirer and friend of Carrasquilla. They had a regular correspondence and comments of their works.About this person
He was an avid reader, and one of the most original Colombian literary writers, greatly influencing the younger generation of his time and later generations. Carrasquilla was little known in his time, according to Federico de Onís, a scholar of Carrasquilla's works. It was only after 1936, when he was already 78 years old, when he was awarded with the National Prize of Literature, that Carrasquilla got a national recognition. Tomás Carrasquilla Library Park is named in his honor.
