Epifanio Mejia

Biography:

Epifanio Mejía Quijano 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.