Evelio Rosero (Bogotá,1958), belongs to the latest generation of novelists and storytellers, after the so-called “Latin American boom.” Tackling matters such as the country’s social conflicts and popular subjects, Evelio Rosero won the 2006 National Literature Prize. He has won the Tusquets Novel Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Armies, a story that deals with the conflicts in Colombia without ever becoming political activism or ethical rhetoric. He has also published Good Offices (2011) and Feast of the Innocents (2012), a novel that, with its ironic tone and plot complications, is his most ambitious project, a startling demonstration of his talent as a storyteller. His last book is Casa de furia (2021). His novels have been translated into more than 14 languages.
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