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We’ve written before<\/a> about\u00a0Colombian\u00a0culture and the country’s\u00a0artistic exports. It’s a country full of\u00a0artistic inspiration, talented\u00a0writers, painters,\u00a0and the amount of museums, galleries and culture festivals here in Colombia<\/a> is testament to that. But it’s not all about celebrating Colombia’s past achievements in the world of art – today (Monday 21st March 2011), the highly-coveted Alfaguara Literary Prize was awarded to Bogota-born Juan Gabriel Vasquez for his book El ruido de las cosas al caer <\/em>(The Sound of Things Falling).<\/p>\n

The novel follows Antonio Yammara, whose memory is fired into action when a hippopotamus escapes from Pablo Escobar’s infamous zoo. When announcing the award, the jury announced “a black stocktaking of an epoch of terror and violence, in a Bogota<\/a> described as a literary territory full of significant happenings”.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time Juan Gabrial Vasquez has been recognised for his contributions to Latin American literature. In Colombia his novel The Informers <\/em>was selected as one of the most significant pieces of Colombian\u00a0literature of the past 25 years and The Secret History of Costaguana <\/em>was awarded the Qwerty Prize for Spanish language novel.<\/p>\n

The award comes just in time for Bogota’s annual book fair in May 2011. Since Juan Gabriel Vasquez is Bogota born and bred, you can expect a great amount of buzz at this year’s event, and so for culture vultures May would be a fantastic time to visit Colombia’s vibrant capital city.<\/p>\n

Of course, lovers of Colombian\u00a0literature and Colombian culture\u00a0would also want to combine a trip to Cartagena<\/a>, Colombia’s most famous city that Gabriel Garcia Marquez once called home.<\/p>\n

Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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