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1989
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1991
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1993
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2008
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2010
Manuel Zapata Olivella was born on March 17, 1920 in Lorica, Colombia, in the family of Anthonio and Edelmira (Olivella) Zapata. When he was a boy, his father, the professor Antonio María Zapata Vásquez, moved with his family to Cartagena de Indias. Zapata Olivella's younger sister, Delia Zapata Olivella, is a Colombian dancer and folklorist.
In 1937 Manuel received Bachelor of Arts at University of Cartagena, Colombia. Then he had a graduate study at University of Cartagena in 1938, and earned Doctor of Medicine at National University in 1948.
In Mexico City, Manuel worked in the Psychiatric Sanatorium of the Dr. Ramírez and afterwards in the Hospital Ortopédico of Alfonso Ortiz Thrown, for the magazine Time and for the magazine Events for All. During his stay in Mexico, he wrote the unpublished novel "Bitter Rice". He published several studies on the cultures of the blacks of Colombia. He taught in several universities of United States, Canada, Central America, and Africa. He founded and directed the literary magazine National Letters.
On December 23, 1962, Manuel married Rosa Bosch, with whom he had two children, Harlem and Edelma.
