Minister of Culture, Arts and Knowledge. Writer, journalist, publisher and cultural manager from Bogota, born in 1976. He studied Literature at the University of the Andes and began his career at the newspaper El Espectador, where he worked as a cultural journalist, correspondent in France and columnist. He has worked as a cultural manager at Fundalectura and the National Library of Colombia, and served as Cultural Director of the Bogota International Book Fair, representing the Colombian Book Chamber. He was Lead Editor (2014-2018) and editor (2005-2009) of the cultural magazine Arcadia; he has also published several books, including the novels Todo pasa pronto and Casi nunca es tarde, and the work of literary journalism El barro y el silencio, which recounts the 1985 tragedy at Armero, Tolima. His most recent work was as Literary Director of the Planeta Group in Colombia, from 2018 to July 2023.