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Born December 25, 1961 (age 63) • Bogotá • Colombia
Notable Works “Even Silence Has an End” • “The Blue Line”

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Iván Duque
president of Colombia
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Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
Germán Arciniegas
Colombian writer and diplomat
José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian poet
Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian author
Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian author
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author
Sergio Pitol
Mexican author
Gregory Rabassa
American translator
Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian author
Martín Luis Guzmán
Mexican writer
Virgilio Barco Vargas
president of Colombia
César Gaviria Trujillo
president of Colombia
Juan Manuel Santos
president of Colombia
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Álvaro Uribe
president of Colombia
Gustavo Petro
Gustavo Petro
president of Colombia
Colette
Colette
French writer
Ernesto Samper
president of Colombia