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Guillermo Valencia

| birth_place = Popayán, Cauca, Colombia | death_date = | death_place = Popayán, Colombia | death_cause = | alma_mater = | education = | spouse = Josefina Muñoz de Valencia | occupation = Poet, translator | children = Guillermo León Valencia
Josefina Valencia Muñoz | relatives = | parents = Joaquín Valencia Quijano
Adelaida Castillo Silva | awards = | website = | signature = Firma_del_Maestro_Valencia.jpg }} Guillermo Valencia Castillo (October 29, 1873 in Popayán, Colombia – July 8, 1943 in Popayán) was a Colombian poet, translator, and politician. Valencia was a pioneer of Modernism in Colombia and a member of the Colombian Conservative Party. He was the father of five children, including Guillermo León Valencia (1909–1971), Colombian president during 1962–1966, and Josefina Valencia Muñoz, Governor of Cauca. Provided by Wikipedia