Pombo, Rafael, 1833-1912

LC control no.	n 82012180
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ8179.P6
Personal name heading	Pombo, Rafael, 1833-1912 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pombo y Rebolledo, José Rafael de, 1833-1912 De Pombo y Rebolledo, José Rafael, 1833-1912 Rebolledo, José Rafael de Pombo y, 1833-1912
Birth date	18331107
Death date	19120505
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Place of death	Bogotá, Colombia
Profession or occupation	Poet Translator Diplomat
Special note	Pseudonyms not found on published works: Ascanio, Bemo, Edda, Elo, Exótico, Faraelio, Florencio, Justicia, Lutín, Máximo, Tirteo, Vencapavenca, Werti, and Yo.
Found in	His 18 poemas, 1983: t.p. (Rafael Pombo) p. 17, etc. (b. José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo, 1833 in Bogotá, Colombia; d. May 5, 1912) Edda, la bogotana : biografía de Rafael Pombo, 1997: p. 48 (Edda, a pseud. of Rafael Pombo) Seudónimos colombianos, 1961: p. 233 (Rafael Pombo, 1833-1912; pseuds. were Ascanio, Bemo, Edda, Elo, Exótico, Faraelio, Florencio, Justicia, Lutín, Máximo, Tirteo, Vencapavenca, Werti, and Yo) Wikipedia, Apr. 3, 2013 (José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo; born November 7 1833; died May 5, 1912; Colombian poet born and died in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school; he traveled to the United States as Secretary of the Legation in Washington D.C. After the termination of this diplomatic position, he was hired by D. Appleton & Company in New York to translate into Spanish nursery rhymes from the Anglo-Saxon oral tradition. The product of this work, more than a translation, was a transformative adaptation published in two books under the titles Cuentos pintados para niños and Cuentos morales para niños formales. In spite of his extensive and diverse literary works, Rafael Pombo is mostly remembered for this contribution to children's literature. Among his most popular children's fables are Michín, Juan Chunguero, Pastorcita, La Pobre Viejecita, Simón el Bobito, El Gato Bandido, and El Renacuajo paseador)
Associated language	spa