Zacarías Reyán
Colombian writer
Zacarías Reyán (born May 10, 1948), is the pseudonym of Reinaldo Antonio Plazas Peralta, also known as Z. Reyán, a Colombian author of novels, poems and epics in Spanish . He was born in Chiquinquirá on May 10, 1948. At present, he lives in Bogotá.
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