(Colombia) Born in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, in 1963. He studied History of Art at Madrid’s Complutense University. This publicist, essayist and critic has published Poemas para una fosa común (1984), El confuso trazado de las fundaciones (1991), Informe sobre el estado de los trenes en la antigua estación de Delicias (1992) and Botella papel (1999). He won the 3rd Casa de América American Poetry Prize for his book Colección privada (2003) and also won the 23rd Unicaja Poetry Prize (Spain) for the work Los fuegos obligados (2009).