Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (born August 25, 1923) is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. Before returning to Colombia in his adolescence, he lived in Brussels, where his father held a post as a diplomat. He has lived in Mexico City since 1956.
Though critically acclaimed worldwide and translated into many languages, his works are most widely read in Latin America and Europe. Mutis is best known for his novellas featuring Maqroll el Gaviero (Maq...
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Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (born August 25, 1923) is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. Before returning to Colombia in his adolescence, he lived in Brussels, where his father held a post as a diplomat. He has lived in Mexico City since 1956.
Though critically acclaimed worldwide and translated into many languages, his works are most widely read in Latin America and Europe. Mutis is best known for his novellas featuring Maqroll el Gaviero (Maqroll the Lookout), a wandering sailor and adventurer. These have been gathered into a compendium, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (ISBN 0940322919, translated into English by Edith Grossman). Typical praise by Mutis' contemporaries includes: "An amazing adventure full of poetry, a narrative craft and a subtle philosophical content make of the Maqroll saga a major work of the literature written in Spanish." His close friend and famous novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez called Mutis "One of the greatest writers of our time."
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