Juan Gabriel Vázquez

Born: 1973-01-01

Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born in Bogotá on January 1, 1973) is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. Regarded as one of the most important Latin American novelists working today, he is the author of seven novels, two volumes of stories, two books of 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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The Stillness Syndrome

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Released: 2021-04-17

In 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves "Los Quietos" set out to make a film essay on...

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Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

as Juan Gabriel Vázquez
First aired: 1997-09-26

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