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Born November 27, 1865 • Bogotá • Colombia
Died May 23, 1896 (aged 30) • Bogotá • Colombia
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Guillermo Valencia
Colombian author and statesman
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José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian poet
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Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
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Luis Carlos López
Colombian poet
Colombian President Ivan Duque in a suit and purple tie, smiling, with blurred flags in the background.
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
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Germán Arciniegas
Colombian writer and diplomat
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León de Greiff
Colombian poet
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Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian author
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
The brilliant Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican poet and scholar
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Ernesto Cardenal
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot

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