Javier Ocampo López (born 19 June 1939) is a Colombian historian, writer, folklorist and professor. He has been important in the fields of Colombian folklore and history of Latin America and Colombia, especially contributing on the department of Boyacá, the homeland of the Muisca and their religion and mythology.Ocampo López, 2013, Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia, Ch.1–28, p.15-146Ocampo López, 2007, Grandes culturas indígenas de América, Ch.V, p.189-236 Curriculum Vitae – Javier Ocampo López – Retrieved 23 April 2016 He wrote exclusively in Spanish.List of works by Javier Ocampo López – WorldCat – Retrieved 23 April 2016
Biography Javier Ocampo López was born in Aguadas, a village famous for the pasillo (a Colombian type of waltz), in the department of Caldas in west-central Colombia to parents Francisco Ocampo Gutiérrez and Doña Teresa López Hurtado. He has one brother, Fabio. In 1956 he finished his secondary education as best student of his class. Ocampo has played the clarinet since the age of twelve and was a member of the music group of his village of birth.
Ocampo began his higher studies in 1956 at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Económicas ("Faculty of Social and Economical Sciences") of the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia. He obtained his degree in social sciences.
Ocampo López obtained his PhD at El Colegio de México in 1969 with his thesis titled Las ideas de un día. El pueblo mexicano ante la consumación de su independencia ("Ideas of one day. The Mexican people before the consummation of their independence").
Over the course of 57 years, Ocampo López has been the author of 100 books, co-authored 47, and published 200 studies in specialized literature and national and international newspapers. Javier Ocampo, 'Señor historiador' con más de 100 libros de su autoría – 2013 – El Tiempo – Retrieved 23 April 2016
In 1960 he taught at the Colegio Nacional Académico in Cartago (Valle del Cauca). From 1963 he taught at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia in Tunja.
Ocampo wrote several biographies about Colombian historical figures; presidents, generals and others; Antonio Villavicencio, Biography Antonio Villavicencio – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Julián Trujillo Largacha, Biography Julián Trujillo Largacha – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Santos Gutiérrez, Biography Santos Gutiérrez – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 María Antonia Santos Plata, Biography Antonia Santos Plata – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente, Biography Manuel Antonio Sanclemente – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Eustorgio Salgar, Biography Eustorgio Salgar – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Biography Gustavo Rojas Pinilla – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Manuel Rodríguez Torices, Biography Manuel Rodríguez Torices – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Antonio José de Sucre, Biography Antonio José de Sucre – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 José Miguel Pey, Biography José Miguel Pey – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 José Manuel Marroquín, Biography José Manuel Marroquín – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 Carlos Holguín, Biography Carlos Holguín – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 José de Obaldía, Biography José de Obaldía – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 José Eusebio Otálora. Biography José Eusebio Otálora – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
A public library in his birthplace Aguadas has been named in his honour. Biblioteca pública Javier Ocampo López – Retrieved 23 April 2016
Works This list is a selection.
Books 2013 – Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia 2011 – El proceso ideológico de la independencia 2007 – Grandes culturas indígenas de América 2006 – El folclor y las fiestas en Colomba 2006 – Mitos, leyendas y relatos colombianos Javier Ocampo López – Mitos, leyendas y relatos colombianos – Retrieved 23 April 2016 2001 – Mitos y leyendas de Antioquia la Grande Javier Ocampo López – Mitos y leyendas de Antioquia la Grande – Retrieved 23 April 2016 1996 – Leyendas populares colombianas Jorge Ocampo López – Leyendas populares colombianas – Retrieved 23 April 2016 1977 – El pueblo boyacense y su folclor Javier Ocampo López – El pueblo boyacense y su folclor – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
Articles 1993 – Fiestas religiosas y romerías. El abigarrado mundo de las devociones populares en Colombia Fiestas religiosas y romerías. El abigarrado mundo de las devociones populares en Colombia – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016 1974 – El proceso ideológico de la emancipación El proceso ideológico de la emancipación – Retrieved 23 April 2016 1970 – La artesanía popular boyacense y su importancia en la geografía turística y económica La artesanía popular boyacense y su importancia en la geografía turística y económica – Retrieved 23 April 2016
See also
List of Muisca scholars, ICANH Muisca Muisca mythology, religion
References
Notable works by Ocampo López