Armando Alba Zambrana

Armando Alba Zambrana (9 February 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a Bolivian writer, journalist, historian and politician from Potosí. He won Bolivia's National Culture Award in 1969. He was an important member of Gesta Bárbara and founded the Editorial Potosí group of writers. During the administration of President Enrique Hertzog, Alba was appointed Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs. He was also the Bank Secretary of Potosí and the 100th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2001.

Works Voces áulicas (poetry, 1918). Temple de la montaña y otros cuentos (stories, 1926). Imagen de Potosí y de su Casa Real de Moneda (essays, 1946). Enumeración del Proceso Potosino y "Gesta Bárbara" (essays, 1946). Del viejo hontanar (poetry, 1970). Bolívar (anthology, 1970). Prólogos escogidos (2001). Imagen de Potosí (2001).