Pedro_Medina_Avendaño

Pedro Medina Avendaño

Pedro Medina Avendaño

Colombian lawyer, poet, and lyricist

Pedro Medina Avendaño (14 September 1915 – 31 August 2012[1]) was a Colombian lawyer and poet, author of the Anthem of Bogotá and the Anthem of Boyacá, he was also known as the "Poet of the Anthems".[2]

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Avendaño.

Medina, son of Pedro Medina Niño and Carmen Avendaño,[2] married Sofia Torres Remolina in 1944. He attended school in Tunja at the Colegio Salesiano, and later attended the National University of Colombia, where he received a Doctorate of Laws, Political Science and Social Sciences, specialized in Penal and Administrative law.[3]

In addition to authoring the anthems of Bogotá[4] and Boyacá,[5] he has composed the anthems of his native city of Cómbita,[6] and Sogamoso,[7] as well as the anthems of other institutions such as the anthem of Tunja's Lawyers Club,[8] the anthem of the Colombian Liberal Party,[9] the anthems of the Universidad Libre,[10] La Gran Colombia University,[11] Central University[12] and the Colegio Mayor of Cundinamarca University,[13] among many more. For his contributions, the City of Bogotá awarded Medina the Civil Order of Merit "City of Bogotá" in the rank of Grand District Cross for Distinguished Merit.[3]

Works

  • Selección Poética [Poetic Selection]. Tunja: Academía Boyacense de Historia. 1994. OCLC 253576408.
  • Las Breves Horas [The Short Hours]. Bogotá: Comercial Moderna. OCLC 14056639.

References

  1. [1]
    "Murió Pedro Medina Avendaño, compositor del himno de Bogotá". RCN Radio. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  2. [2]
    Moreno Rojas, Samuel (6 August 2009). "Homenaje al autor del himno de Bogotá, "El Poeta de los Himnos"". Bogotá: Blog Samu[El]Alcalde. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    Mockus Šivickas, Antanas; Soraya Montoya Gonzalez (21 November 2002). "Decreto 470 de 2002". Bogotá: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. [4]
    "El Himno de Bogotá". Alcaldía de Bogotá. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    Ocampo López, Javier (2001). El imaginario en Boyacá: la identidad del pueblo boyacense y su proyección en la simbología regional. Vol. 1. District University of Bogotá. p. 57. ISBN 978-958-9160-89-3. OCLC 318241361.
  6. [6]
    "Información general-Símbolos". Alcaldía de Cómbita. Retrieved 4 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. [7]
    "Información general-Símbolos". Alcaldía de Sogamoso. Retrieved 4 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    Chamié, Katya (6 August 2008). "El Hombre Del Himno". El Tiempo. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  9. [9]
    Pinzón de Lewin, Patricia (1987). Los partidos políticos colombianos : (estatutos, reglamentos, programas). Bogotá: FESCOL. OCLC 18573079.
  10. [10]
    "Símbolos". Universidad Libre. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  11. [11]
    "Heráldica Grancolombiana". La Gran Colombia University. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  12. [12]
    "Himno Universidad Central" (PDF). Universidad Central. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  13. [13]
    "Símbolos". Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. Retrieved 4 February 2010.[permanent dead link]


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