The Colombian writer, translator and journalist Héctor Abad Faciolince is the author of over 15 books of short stories, essays, poems and children’s literature, including his award-winning book, Oblivion: A Memoir (2006). This tells the story of his father, the doctor and human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez, as well as of the circumstances of his killing at the hands of paramilitaries. In 2016 he founded the independent publishing company Angosta Editores and this year he will publish Lo que fue presente: Diarios (1985-2006). He will talk to Clara Elvira Ospina about his extensive bibliography.

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