Amalfi (Colombia), 1951. She is a writer, poet and playwright with a degree in philosophy and literature from the University of the Andes and a professor at this university since 1981. She is the author of eight books of poems, includingDe círculo y ceniza (1989), El hilo de los días (1995), Ese animal triste (1996), Tretas del débil (2004) y Explicaciones no pedidas (2011). Bonnett's literary creation includes novels such asDespués de todo (2001),Para otros se lo cielo (2004), Siempre fue invierno (2007), El prestigio de la belleza (2010) or Qué hacer con estos pedazos. In 2013 she narrated her son's illness and suicide in the beautiful testimonial bookLo que no tiene nombre and in 2024 she published the autobiographical book La mujer incierta. He has also written plays such asGato miedo liebre, Que muerde el aire afuera, Sanseacabó, Se arrienda pieza and Algún día nos iremos.His poetry has been translated into Italian, English, French, Swedish, Greek and Portuguese. He has won the Víctor Sandoval Poetry Prize for Poets of the Latin World for his contribution to the Spanish language in Mexico, the Generation of 27 Poetry Prize in Malaga, Spain in 2017 and the Reina Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry (2024).
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