Roque Vallejos


Roque Vallejos was a poet, psychiatrist and essayist from Paraguay.

Background

He was a forensic surgeon in the High Court of Justice.
He served as a member and the president of the Academia de la Lengua Paraguaya.

Career as a writer

He belonged to the so-called 60 generation. This group was concerned with social poetry and politics during Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship.

Works