Arciniegas, Germán, 1900-1999, Colombian historian and diplomat. A leading Latin American intellectual, he gained prominence as a journalist and publisher. A critic of the military and of dictators, he lived in exile in the United States (1942-60) and taught at Columbia and several other universities. He was appointed Colombian ambassador to Italy in 1960 and later became ambassador to the Vatican and Venezuela. Among his more than 70 books are The Knight of El Dorado: The Tale of Don Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (tr. 1942), The State of Latin America (tr. 1952), Latin America: A Cultural History (tr. 1967), and America in Europe (1986). He also edited The Green Continent (1944), an interpretation of Latin America by its leading writers.

Germán Arciniegas (December 6, 1900 in Bogotá – November 29, 1999) was a Colombian essayist and historian. Arciniegas wrote over 50 books and many columns in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and also taught at Columbia University in New York.

Books

• El estudiante de la mesa redonda, Madrid: Juan Pueyo, 1932. 248 pp. (the student of the round table)
• "América tierra firme", Sociología. Santiago de Chile: Ercilla, 1937. 235 pp. (America firm land)
• "Los Comuneros, Bogotá: Editorial ABC, 1938. 402 pp. (the commoners)
• "Biografía del Caribe",Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1945. 531 pp. (Biography of the Caribbean)
• "Entre la libertad y el miedo", México: Editorial Cultura (Cuadernos Americanos), 1952. 362 pp. (Between Freedom and being afraid)
• "América mágica - Los hombres y los meses", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1959. 317 pp. (magic America - men and months)
• "América mágica - Las mujeres y las horas", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1961. 253 pp. (magic America - women and hours)
• "El mundo de la bella Simonetta, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1962. 185 pp. (The world of beauty Simonetta)
• "El continente de los siete colores. Historia de la cultura en América Latina, Buenos Aires: (The seven colors' continent) Editorial Sudamericana, 1965. 715 pp.
• "Nueva imagen del Caribe", Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1970. 457 pp. (new image of the Caribbean)
• "Roma secretísima", Madrid: Anaya, 1972. 194 pp (Very secret Roma)
• "Bolívar, el hombre de la gloria, Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo, 1983. 142 pp. (Bolivar, the man of the glory)

References

• Biografía, bibliografía, textos y estudios críticos en ensayistas.org.