Federico Hoyos Gutiérrez

Federico Hoyos Gutiérrez (Medellín, 2000) is a student of Social Communication and Journalism at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He sees words as doors that broaden knowledge and humanize people. Passionate about literature since his youth, he is an avid reader of Saramago, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Umberto Eco, Gabriel García Márquez, Memo Ánjel, and Elias Canetti. He has written chronicles and features for Context, a news publication affiliated with the Red Colombiana de Periodismo Universitario. During the pandemic, he created a blog, El Hoyo Literario, where he shares his short prose. He has also written opinion pieces for outlets including El Colombiano and El Espectador.