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Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll , which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero.
Álvaro Mutis (born August 25, 1923, Bogotá, Colombia—died September 22, 2013, Mexico City, Mexico) was a versatile Colombian writer and poet best known for his novels featuring his alter ego, a character named Maqroll el Gaviero (“Maqroll the Lookout”).
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Sep 29, 2013 · Álvaro Mutis, a Colombian poet and novelist who created one of Latin American literature’s more memorable characters, the rambling and ruminative Maqroll, an inadvertent explorer of jungles...
A personal and literary autobiography by the Colombian writer Álvaro Mutis, who recounts his childhood, his travels, his influences, and his works. He also introduces his famous character Maqroll el Gaviero, a traveler and dreamer who explores the world and its history.
Sep 23, 2013 · Colombian writer and poet Alvaro Mutis has died at the age of 90. Mutis, who won the most prestigious awards for Spanish language writing, died in Mexico after a long illness.
Sep 22, 2013 · Uno de los grandes escritores hispanoamericanos contemporáneos. Autor destacado por la riqueza verbal de su producción y una característica combinación de lírica y narratividad.
Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. Though he was born in Colombia, he lived in Brussels until he was eleven years old. His first collection of poetry was published in 1948, and his first short stories appeared in 1978.
