Santiago Gamboa (born 1965) is a Colombian writer.

Biography

Born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, he studied literature at the Javerian University of Bogotá. He moved to Spain, where he remained until 1990 and graduated in Hispanic philology at the

University of Alcalá de Henares A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

. He then moved to Paris, where he studied Cuban literature at the Sorbonne. He made his debut as a novelist with ''Páginas de vuelta'' (1995); later he wrote ''Perder es cuestión de método'' (1997), which was translated into Italian, French, Greek, Portuguese, Czech, and German. Later he published ''Vida feliz de un joven llamado Esteban'' (2000). He is also the author of the travel book ''Octubre en Pekín'' (2001). In 2009, Gamboa published ''Necropolis,'' a novel that won that year's La Otra Orilla Literary Prize. In 2012 the novel was published in English by

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. As a journalist, he has been a contributor to the Latin American Service of Radio France International in Paris, a correspondent for '' El Tiempo'' and columnist for the magazine '' Cromos''. He lives in Italy.

Works

* 1995 ''Páginas de vuelta'', novel. * 1997 ''Perder es cuestión de método'', novel. * 2000 ''Vida feliz de un joven llamado Esteban'', novel. * 2001 ''Los impostores'', novel. * 2002 ''Octubre en Pekín'', travel book. * 2004 ''El cerco de Bogotá'', short stories. * 2005 ''El síndrome de Ulises'', novel. * 2008 ''Hotel Pekin'', novel. * 2009 ''Necrópolis'', novel (translated into English as ''Necropolis''). * 2012 ''Plegarias nocturnas'', novel (translated into English as ''Night Prayers''). * 2014 ''Una casa en Bogotá'', novel. * 2016 ''Volver al oscuro valle'', novel (translated into English as '' Return to the Dark Valley''). * 2022 ''Colombian Psycho '' novel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamboa, Santiago 1965 births People from Bogotá University of Paris alumni Colombian male writers Living people Colombian expatriates in France