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Born January 17, 1858 • Colombia
Died December 19, 1940 (aged 82) • Medellín • Colombia
Notable Works “Frutos de mi tierra” • “Hace tiempos”
Movement / Style criollismo • regionalism
Subjects Of Study Antioqueños • culture
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
Benito Lynch
Argentine author
Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Venezuelan writer
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian poet
Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author
Vallejo, César
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian author
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Nélida Piñon
Brazilian author
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Brazilian author
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer
Antonio Skármeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat
Sergio Pitol
Mexican author