Jaime Mendoza

Jaime Mendoza Gonzáles (1874–1939) was a Bolivian doctor, journalist and writer. A native of Sucre, he trained to be a doctor, providing valuable services in Llallagua and in Guerra del Acre. As a journalist, he founded the newspapers Nuevas Rutas and La República in Sucre. He also wrote for many newspapers around the country.[1]

His novel En las tierras del Potosí (1911) is considered one of the best novels in Bolivian literature.

Selected novels

  • En las tierras del Potosí (1911)
  • Páginas bárbaras (1914)
  • Memorias de un estudiante (1918)
  • Los héroes anónimos (1928)
  • El lago enigmático (1936)
  • Voces de antaño (1938)

Selected non-fiction

  • La Universidad de Charcas y la idea revolucionaria (1924)
  • La creación de una nacionalidad (1925)
  • Ayacucho y el Alto Perú (1926)
  • Biografía de Gregorio Pacheco (1926)
  • El factor Geográfico en la nacionalidad boliviana (1925)
  • El Macizo Boliviano (1935)
  • La Tesis Andinista, Bolivia-Paraguay (1933)
  • La tragedia del Chaco (1933).

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