John Jairo Junieles Acosta (born 26 November 1970) is a Colombian writer and poet.Interview
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and

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in New York. He has written for numerous print and online media outlets. He has also published a dozen volumes of fiction and non-fiction, including poetry, short stories and novels. He has won various awards for his work; in 2007, he was named by

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as one of the 39 most promising writers in Latin America under the age of 39 (see Bogota39). He has been translated into multiple languages, including English and French.

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