poet who is famous for his depictions of the people and life of his native city. Except for short periods during which he served in minor consular posts in Munich and Baltimore, López spent his entire life in Cartagena. His acute observations of the provincial society in which he lived have made him one of the most respected regional writers in South American literature. His major works are are De mi villorio (1908; “Of My Village”), Posturas dificiles (1909; “Difficult Situations”), and Por el atajo (1928; “For the Short-Cut”).