Education
He attended the University of Valle and was the runner-up for a Premio Nadal in 1971 for Dabeiba.
journalist literary critic politician writer
He attended the University of Valle and was the runner-up for a Premio Nadal in 1971 for Dabeiba.
He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984. and was Governor of Valle del Cauca Department from 1998–1999. He also wrote the highly rated telenovela El Bazar de los Idiotas.