Felipe RESTREPO POMBO

Felipe Restrepo Pombo is a Colombian writer, journalist, and editor. He is the author of six books: Retrato de una pesadilla, Nunca es fácil ser una celebridad, 16 retratos excéntricos, Formas de evasión, Perfiles anfibios, and Ceremonia. His fiction has been translated into English, French, and Italian. In 2017, he was selected for the Bogotá39 list of the most promising Latin American writers under 40. In 2021, he received Colombia’s Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award. Over the course of his 20-year career, he has contributed to media outlets around the world and taught writing workshops in several countries. He has served as Editor of Gatopardo magazine for six years and as Cultural Editor of Semana and Editor of Arcadia. He is currently and the Editorial Director of Ideal, a cultural magazine based in Mexico City.