Jesús Urzagasti

Jesús Urzagasti (1941–2013) was a Bolivian poet and novelist. He worked as a journalist for the now-defunct Catholic paper Presencia from 1972 until the 1990s, where he served as editor of the supplement "Presencia Literaria" (1992) among other sections.

His 1969 novel Tirinea is considered by critics to be one of the best Bolivian novels.

Selected poetry

• Cuadernos de Lilino (1972)
• Yerubia (1978)
• The Hill of the Blue Sea (1993)

Selected prose

• Tirinea (1969)
• In the Country of Silence (1987; 2007)
• From the Window to the Park (1992)
• The Weavers of the Night (1996)
• A Summer with Marina Sangabriel (2001)
• The Tree of the Tribe (2004)