Biography
Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born 1973) is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. He has written many novels, short stories, literary essays, and numerous articles of political commentary.
His novel The Sound of Things Falling, published in Spanish in 2011, won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award, among other prizes. His novels have been published in 28 languages. In 2012, after living in Europe for sixteen years, in Paris, the Belgian Ardennes, and Barcelona, Vásquez moved with his family back to Bogotá.
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GenderMale
Birthday1973-01-01 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceBogotá, Colombia
CitizenshipsColombia, Spain
AwardsInternational Dublin Literary Award, Alfaguara Prize, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Premio Real Academia Española, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar, Roger Caillois Prix
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