Gonzalo Arango

Tags: Philosopher.

Gonzalo Arango Arias (born in Andes Antioquia 1931 – Tocancipá Cundinamarca 1976) was a Colombian poet journalist and philosopher. During a repressive phase of government in the 1940s he led a literary movement known as Nadaísmo (Nothing-ism). He and other young Colombian thinkers of his generation in the movement were inspired by the Colombian philosopher Fernando González Ochoa.

birth date

1931-01-18

birth place

Colombia, Andes Antioquia

death date

1976-09-25

death place

Colombia, Tocancipá

era

20th-century philosophy

influenced by

Friedrich Nietzsche, Fernando González (writer)

main interest

Poetry, Politics, Theology, Philosophy, Moral, Literature

notableIdea

Nada%C3%ADsmo

philosophicalSchool

Existentialism