Ein Mann schaut kritisch in die Kamera. Er trägt ein weißes Hemd.

Juan Álvarez

Juan Álvarez, born in 1978 in Neiva, Colombia, is a writer. He first came to prominence with his short story collection „Falsas alarmas“ (Alfaguara, 2006). In 2005 Álvarez won the short story prize „Ciudad de Bogotá“ and in 2010 the essay prize „Revista Iberoamericana“ of the Ibero-American Institute Berlin. Since 2015, Álvarez has coordinated the creative writing research area at the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogotá. His most recent publications are his novels „Candidatos muertos“ (2011), „La ruidosa marcha de los mudos“ (2015), „Aún el agua“ (2019) and the essay collection „Insulto: breve historia de la ofensa en Colombia“ (2018). Álvarez lives in Bogotá.

Photo: Daniel Lara Cardona

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