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Born December 6, 1900 • Bogotá • Colombia
Died November 29, 1999 or November 30, 1999 • Bogotá • Colombia
Founder “Universidad”
Notable Works “Caribbean, Sea of the New World” • “Latin America: A Cultural History”
Colombian President Ivan Duque in a suit and purple tie, smiling, with blurred flags in the background.
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
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Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
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Julio César Turbay Ayala
president of Colombia
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Guillermo Valencia
Colombian author and statesman
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Eduardo Santos Montejo
president of Colombia
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Afrânio Coutinho
Brazilian writer and literary critic
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Victoria Ocampo
Argentine editor and publisher
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Clark Howell
American journalist
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
American abolitionist, orator, publisher, and author
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi journalist
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Tina Brown
Tina Brown
English American magazine editor
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Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan
British journalist and television personality