About Álvaro Mutis
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He was awarded the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The first important recognition of Álvaro Mutis's work was in 1974: the National Prize for Letters of Colombia. Mutis' poetry was first published in 1948 and his first short stories in 1978.
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