Antonio García Ángel is a Colombian writer. He studied at the
Javeriana University in
Bogota. He published his first novel in 2001, and has since published a dozen books. In 2004, he studied for a year with the Nobel-winning novelist
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...
under the
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative is a philanthropic programme by Swiss watchmaker Rolex that pairs gifted young artists with internationally recognized masters in architecture, dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts ...
. In 2007, he was named as one of the
Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in
Latin America
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.
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Colombian male novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Colombian novelists
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