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SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

Óscar Humberto
MEJÍA BLANCO

Profesor sin foto

Director of Postgraduate Office

Director of GED
Research Group

CONTACT

Information

ohmejiab@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1360

GENERAL

Biography

Óscar Humberto Mejía Blanco (Bucaramanga, 1985) is a writer and university professor. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Literature from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) and a Master’s degree in Literature from the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá. He was one of the winners of the “IV National Short Story Contest Colombia Cuenta,” organized by RCN and the Ministry of National Education of Colombia. Some of his short stories have been published in the anthologies “Líneas de sombra” (Shadow Lines) 2010, “Suenan Voces” (Voices Sound) 2010, and “Ruidos en el techo” (Ceiling Noises) 2012, as well as in Revista (Colombia), Revista Santander (Colombia), Contrapunto (Spain), and Buensalvaje (Colombia). In 2014, he won the Ministry of Culture’s Literary Pieces Contest in the “Best Workshop Director Short Story” category. Today, he works as a Literature professor at UIS and directed the creative writing workshop for the Relata-UIS network.

EDUCATION AND

Qualifications

  • Master in Literature


    Universidad de los Andes, 2014

  • Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Literature


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2010

  • Especialista en Docencia Universitaria


    Universidad Industrial de Santander

  • Fisioterapeuta


    Universidad Industrial de Santander

Director of Postgraduate Office

Director of
GED Research Group

CONTACT

Information

ohmejiab@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1360

AREAS OF

Expertise

  • Narrative theory of literature

  • Conflict narratives

  • Creative writing

  • Essay theory

  • Short story theory

OFFICE

Hours

Monday to friday

7:00 a.m. – 12 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Carrera 27 calle 9, Edificio de Administración I, Primer piso, Dirección de Posgrados.

Research

Group

AWARDS AND

Recognitions

  • Associate Laureate Professor


    Universidad Industrial de Santander

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