Alejandro Cortés González

Alejandro Cortés González (Bogotá, Colombia, 1977) has published the books Notas de inframundo (Novel, 2010), Pero la sangre sigue fría (Poetry, 2012) and Sustancias que nos sobreviven (Poetry, 2015). He is the winner of the National Poetry Prize in Literature from the Universidad Central in the categories of Novel (2009) with Notas de inframundo, and Short Story (2011) with Él pinta monstruos de mar. He won the Grant for International Circulation of Artists from the Ministry of Culture (2013), where he participated in the 7th International Poetry Festival in Paris. He won the 6th National Poetry Contest UIS (2014) with Sustancias que nos sobreviven. He has participated in literary events in South America, Mexico, France and Canada.  He is director of the Trilce Foundation and a director of literary creation workshops.