(Bogotá, 1973) is the author of the short story collections Los amantes de Todos los Santos and Canciones para el incendio (Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana Award) and the novels Los informantes, Historia secreta de Costaguana, El ruido de las cosas al caer (Alfaguara Award, Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze Award, The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), Las reputaciones (Royal Spanish Academy Award, Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Literary Award, Casa da América Latina Award in Lisbon), La forma de las ruinas (Casino da Póvoa Literary Award) and Volver la vista atrás (Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Award). Vásquez has also published two collections of literary essays, El arte de la distorsión and Viajes con un mapa en blanco, and a brief biography of Joseph Conrad, El hombre de ninguna parte. He has translated works by Joseph Conrad, Victor Hugo, and E. M. Forster, among others. He has won the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award twice. In 2012, he won the Roger Caillois Award in Paris for his body of work. In 2016, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic, and in 2018 he received the Order of Isabel la Católica. His books are published in 30 languages. He is a columnist for the Spanish newspaper El País.
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