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Father Rafael Maria Landívar y Bustamante, SJ
(1731-1793)
The National Poet of Guatemala

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Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 308 Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C778 Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C779
GUATEMALA, 1943, the 150th anniversary of Landívar's death, Scott 308
GUATEMALA, 1981, the 250th anniversary of his birth and the repatriation of his body, Scott C778-9

Rafael Landívar was born in Guatemala October 27, 1731, entered the Jesuits in 1750, and taught philosophy and theology in Guatemala. Banished from the Spanish colonies, he retired to Italy and wrote a five-volume Latin poem, Rusticatio Mexicana, that has caused him to be called the national poet of Guatemala. He died and was buried in Bologna, but later at the demand of students, his body was translated from Bologna to Guatemala.

Landivar made an etching of Bishop Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, OSA , the original of which is in the Jesuit residence in Madrid. It has appeared thirteen times on the postage of Guatemala.

Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 315

Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 343 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 344 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 345  Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 346 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott 379
GUATEMALA
, Scott 315 (1945), 343-46 (1952), 379 (1959)

Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C137 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C269

Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C311 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C312 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C313 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C314 Sketch by Father Rafael Maria Landívar on Guatemala Scott C315
GUATEMALA, Scott C137 (1946), C269 (1963), C311-15 (1964)

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