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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”
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Iván Duque
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Julio César Turbay Ayala
president of Colombia
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian author and statesman
Eduardo Santos Montejo
president of Colombia
Victoria Ocampo
Argentine editor and publisher
Afrânio Coutinho
Brazilian writer and literary critic
Clark Howell
American journalist
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Charlotta Spears Bass
Charlotta Spears Bass
American editor and activist
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Tina Brown
Tina Brown
English American magazine editor
Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson
American journalist