Luis Castellanos Tapias

Who is Luis Castellanos Tapias?

Luis Castellanos Tapias was a Colombian attorney, historian, politician, publisher and writer.

Castellanos Tapias, published in 1962 a novel that has as its main historical reference the insurrection of the Comuneros in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada, "El Alzamiento" or 'The Uprising.' Castellanos Tapias is also the author of at least two other unpublished novels, "El Amo", or 'The Master' and "La Muerte del Juez Barton" or "The Death of Judge Barton." Records show him also as the author of a technical report and a census on the tobacco industry in Colombia for Instituto Nacional de Fomento Tabacalero and at least one article on the economics of business cycles.

Castellanos was a member of the conservative party and occupied several prominent provincial and national positions, among them Secretary of Government under Santander Governor Rafael Ortiz Gonzales during the period leading to the political crisis of April 1948.