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Born February 19, 1888 • Neiva • Colombia
Died February 19, 1928 (aged 40) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “The Vortex” • “Tierra de promisión”
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
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Guillermo Valencia
Colombian author and statesman
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Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian author
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José Asunción Silva
Colombian poet
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Luis Carlos López
Colombian poet
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
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
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Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer
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Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman
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Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet
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Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
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Rafael Arévalo Martínez
Guatemalan writer
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José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
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Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer

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