Ramón Paz Ipuana

Ramón Paz Ipuana (December 17, 1937 in Yosuitpa – October 27, 1992 in Paraguaipoa) was a Venezuelan writer, researcher, linguist and poet of Wayuu origin. He is considered one of the most important writers in the Wayuu language.

Biography
Paz Ipuana worked in the Normal School of Maracaibo forming intercultural bilingual Wayuunaiki-Spanish teachers. After his death in 1992, his daughters Neima, Neida, Mayui, and Esmeralda continued publishing his works based on the manuscripts of traditional Wayuu stories he left.

Works

 * Mitos, leyendas y cuentos guajiros (1973). Instituto Agrario Nacional – Programa de Desarrollo Indígena.
 * El Conejo y el Mapurite (1979). Ediciones Ekaré, ISBN 9789802570065.
 * El Burrito y la Tuna (1979). Ediciones Ekaré. ISBN 9802570311.
 * La Capa del Morrocoy (1982). Ediciones Ekaré. ISBN 9802570702
 * La leyenda de Waleker (2007). Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación. ISBN 9789800201480
 * Ale'eya. Cosmovisión wayuu: Relatos sagrados, conceptos y descripciones de la cultura wayuu (2016). Fondo Editorial Wayuu Alaülayu.