José Caicedo Rojas (Celta, Damón, Yarilpa)

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1816  -  Bogotá  -  Not applicable  -  He was born on 8 August 1816.
1898  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He died on 20 October 1898.

Connections:

Caicedo family
Newspaper, Mosaico (Colombia)
Newspaper, Neogranadino (Colombia)
Newspaper, Reporterio
Ricaurte family
Writers (men)

Biography:
He was born 8 August 1816, Bogotá, the son of Manuel Caicedo and Rosa Rojas y Lorion, brother of Dionisia Caicedo Rojas, his grandparents were José Caicedo y Flores and Magdalena Cabrera y Prieto Ricaurte. (Monsalve, 221)

He was a journalist, parlementario, academic, writer who contributed to La Caridad, El Mosaico, El Papel Periódico, El Reporterio Colombiano, El Trovador, El Duende, El Museo, El Pasatiempo, El Neogranadino, and Biblioteca de Señoritas. (Mostly after 1850.) He had many publications including Las criadas de Bogotá. (Zea, 219)

He used Pseudonyms Celta, Damón, Yarilpa.

He died on 20 October 1898.

References:

Zea, Gloria (editor). (1988) Manual de literatura colombiana
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia