Name Francisco Barrientos | ||
Francisco Rodriguez Barrientos (born 1956) is a Costa Rican writer and sociologist.
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Early life and education
Francisco Rodriguez Barrientos was born in 1956. He grew up in San Carlos, a rural county in the northern plains of Costa Rica. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Ciego de Avila, Cuba, and a licentura (Sociology) from the University of Costa Rica. Rodriguez teaches sociology at the Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica. Although he has published articles and books on sociological elements of development, he is chiefly known as writer of aphorisms and poems.
Aphorisms
The main body of aphorism books of Rodriguez Barrientos includes, among others, the following titles: "Tardes de domingo" (Ediciones Perro Azul, 2003), "El angel de la salmuera" (Ediciones Perro Azul, 2004), "Serpigo" (Ediciones Perro Azul, 2005), "Fauces" (Ediciones Arboleda, 2006) and "El sopor de la canicula" (Ediciones Arboleda, 2007).