Cesar Uribe Piedrahita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cesar Uribe Piedrahita

Colombian physician and writer (1897-1951)

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1897

Place of Birth: Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1951

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

César Uribe Piedrahita (1897–1951) was a Colombian doctor and writer.
He was born in Medellin.
He was little published in his lifetime, but was highly regarded in Colombian literary circles in the first half of the 20th century.
Apart from being a writer, he had several other identities: medical surgeon, archaeologist, artist, public health pioneer, etc.
He was the director of the National Institute of Hygiene and taught parasitology at the University of Cauca, where he went on to serve as rector.
He published novels such as Toá, Mancha de aceite, Sebastián de las Gracias and the incomplete Caribe.