Carlos Rojas Vila (1928-2020): A Synthesis of Spanish Tradition and Modern Vision Carlos Rojas Vila was a multifaceted individual, renowned as an author, academic, and artist, born in Barcelona, Spain in 1928. His father was Carlos Rojas Pinilla, a Colombian doctor, who was in turn the younger brother of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, the 19th president of Colombia. He attended the University of Barcelona, obtaining his undergraduate degree in 1951, and later earned his doctorate from the University of Madrid in 1955. His academic career led him to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he bega…