Epifanio Mejia
Epifanio Mejía Quijano | |
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Epifanio Mejía | |
| Born | April 9, 1838 Yarumal, Antioquia, Republic of New Granada |
| Died | July 31, 1913 (aged 75) Medellín, Colombia |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Politician |
| Notable work | The song of Antioquia (Anthem of Antioquia) |
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Epifanio Mejía Quijano (1838–1913) was a Colombian poet and politician who in his lifetime published over 134 poems. He was born in Yarumal, Antioquia, in 1838, in an hacienda known as El Caunce, and died in an asylum in Medellín in 1913. He is known as one of the most famous poets from Antioquia, and one of his poems was chosen as the official Anthem of Antioquia.