Name the only Colombian to win a Nobel Prize.
"analyze its importance on potential future Nobel Prize in Literature laureates. Only Alice Munro (2009) has been awarded with both. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is regarded as one of the most prestigious international literary prizes, often referred to as the American equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Like the Nobel or the Man Booker International Prize, it is awarded not for any one work, but for an entire body of work. It is frequently seen as an indicator of who may be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gabriel García Márquez (1972 Neustadt, 1982 Nobel), Czesław Miłosz (1978 Neustadt,"
"Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a former Colombian politician. From 2010 to 2018, he was the President of Colombia. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, Santos is a member of the wealthy and influential Santos family, who from 1913 to 2007 were the majority shareholders of the newspaper ""El Tiempo"" until its sale to Planeta DeAgostini in 2007. He was a cadet at the Navy Academy in Cartagena. Shortly after graduating from the University of Kansas, he joined"
"of efforts made by President Santos to build peace. Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a former Colombian politician. From 2010 to 2018, he was the President of Colombia. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, Santos is a member of the wealthy and influential Santos family, who from 1913 to 2007 were the majority shareholders of the newspaper ""El Tiempo"" until its sale to Planeta DeAgostini in 2007. He was a cadet at the Navy Academy in Cartagena. Shortly"
"continent's life and conflicts"". His acceptance speech was entitled ""The Solitude of Latin America"". García Márquez was the first Colombian and fourth Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature. After becoming a Nobel laureate, García Márquez stated to a correspondent: ""I have the impression that in giving me the prize, they have taken into account the literature of the sub-continent and have awarded me as a way of awarding all of this literature"". Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter"
"Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on, he showed no inhibitions in his criticism"
"2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ""for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people."" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have ""done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and"
"Syria chief amongst them – they can sometimes provide the necessary momentum to see it through."" The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee: 2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ""for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people."" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize"
"most of them explore the theme of solitude. On his death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the President of Colombia, described him as ""the greatest Colombian who ever lived."" Mario Vargas Llosa, (b. 1936) is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist, college professor, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. Upon announcing the"
"religions, Hare Krishna movement, Rastafari movement, Orthodox Catholic Church, and spiritual studies. The remaining people either did not respond or replied that they did not know. In addition to the above statistics, 35.9% of Colombians reported that they did not practice their faith actively. While Colombia remains a mostly Roman Catholic country by baptism numbers, the 1991 Colombian constitution guarantees freedom of religion and all religious faiths and churches are equally free before the law. Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, is from Aracataca, Colombia. His novel ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"" is recognized"
"occupied Chair 15 of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences until 2008, when she was granted the status Honorary Academic. During her tenure, she was the only anthropologist to be a member of the organization. In 2010, the French Government honored her as an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Alicia Dussán de Reichel Alicia Dussán de Reichel (born 16 October 1920) is a Colombian educator, who was one of the first students of ethnology in the country. For two decades, she was the only woman conducting archaeological and anthropological studies in the country."
"Alicia Dussán de Reichel Alicia Dussán de Reichel (born 16 October 1920) is a Colombian educator, who was one of the first students of ethnology in the country. For two decades, she was the only woman conducting archaeological and anthropological studies in the country. Her research focused on Colombia and the Caribbean and along with her husband, she founded University of the Andes' Department of Anthropology. She occupied Chair 15 of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences until 2008 and was the only anthropologist to be a member during her tenure. In 2010, she was honored by"
"Germán Espinosa Germán Espinosa Villareal (April 30, 1938 – October 17, 2007) was a Colombian novelist, poet and author born and based in Cartagena, Colombia. He wrote over forty works over the course of his career. He often used his native Cartagena for the backdrop or inspiration for his writings. His historical fiction writings featured such diverse topics as witches, pirates and the Spanish Inquisition. Espinosa was often called ""Gabo sin Nobel,"" or ""Garcia Marquez without the prize"" in English. The quote referred to fellow Colombian writer, Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Espinosa was"
"between the Colombian government and extremist groups, including drug cartels, which led to immense violence and unrest throughout Medellin. He attended the University of Antioquia in Colombia and received a degree in psychology. While there, Gaviria gained an interest in poetry and wrote a total of seven poetry books that won several awards. Víctor Gaviria Víctor Manuel Gaviria González (born January 19, 1955 in Liborina, Antioquia, Colombia) is a film director, writer, and poet. His three feature length films are highly acclaimed and have won many international awards. He is the first Colombian filmmaker to be featured at the Cannes"
"announcement: ""The only award we want is peace with social justice for Colombia without paramilitarism, without retaliation or lies."" Syria Civil Defence, tweeting as ""The White Helmets"", congratulated Santos and wished for peace for the people of Colombia, An hour later the Twitter account shared an image of a destroyed building with the text ""At the time of the @NobelPrize announcement, @SyriaCivilDef center targeted in Hama. Back to work."" Álvaro Uribe, The leader of the movement to oppose the referendum and Santos' predecessor as Colombian president, congratulated him but also stated “I want him to lead to change these democracy-damaging"
"in ""News of a Kidnapping"" by the Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez (1996) and depicted in multiple onscreen productions. A personal idiosyncrasy of Turbay's was his custom of wearing bow ties, a sartorial habit extremely uncommon in Colombia. Turbay died on 13 September 2005, at the age of 89. He was honored by a state funeral personally led by President Álvaro Uribe and was buried at the Sacromonte Caves at Canton Norte, an army base in Bogotá.. He visited Lebanon with his family in 2003 as a final trip to the homeland of his family. Julio César Turbay Ayala"
"in Bogotá. Betancur was the recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of Colorado and Georgetown University. He received the Prince of Asturias Peace Award of Spain in 1983. Belisario Betancur Belisario Betancur Cuartas (4 February 1923 – 7 December 2018) was a Colombian politician who served as the 26th President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986. He was a member of the Colombian Conservative Party. His presidency was noted for its attempted peace talks with several Colombian guerilla groups. He was also one of the few presidents to abstain from participating in politics after leaving office. Betancur was born"
"Víctor Gaviria Víctor Manuel Gaviria González (born January 19, 1955 in Liborina, Antioquia, Colombia) is a film director, writer, and poet. His three feature length films are highly acclaimed and have won many international awards. He is the first Colombian filmmaker to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival in France. He is often recognized as the most influential and well-known filmmaker to come out of Colombia, often being considered an exception to Colombian Cinema. Born in the town of Liborina and raised in Medellin, Colombia, he grew up during the beginning of the Colombian conflict; an ongoing civil war"
"author of the words to the national anthem of Colombia, ¡Oh Gloria Inmarcesible!. Núñez is mentioned in Gabriel García Márquez's 1985 novel, ""Love in the Time of Cholera"" (Amor en los tiempos del cólera). Rafael Núñez (politician) Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo (September 28, 1825 – September 18, 1894) was a Colombian author, lawyer, journalist and politician, who was elected president of Colombia in 1880 and in 1884. Núñez was the first of three children of cousins Dolores García Moledo and Colonel Francisco Núñez García, who were married on October 6, 1824. At 15, he was accepted by General Francisco Carmona"
"be read among poets and philosophers such as Robert Spaemann, Martin Mosebach, Botho Strauß, Reinhart Maurer, Rolf Schilling, Heiner Müller, Franco Volpi, Asfa-Wossen Asserate and Krzysztof Urbanek. Nicolás Gómez Dávila Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18 May 1913 – 17 May 1994) was a prominent Colombian writer and champion of reactionary social political theory. Gómez Dávila's fame began to spread only in the last few years before his death, particularly by way of German translations of his works. He was one of the most radical critics of modernity whose work consists almost entirely of aphorisms which he called """"escolios"""" (""glosses""). Gómez Dávila"
"Nicolás Gómez Dávila Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18 May 1913 – 17 May 1994) was a prominent Colombian writer and champion of reactionary social political theory. Gómez Dávila's fame began to spread only in the last few years before his death, particularly by way of German translations of his works. He was one of the most radical critics of modernity whose work consists almost entirely of aphorisms which he called """"escolios"""" (""glosses""). Gómez Dávila was a Colombian scholar who never held any university post but spent most of his life in the circle of his friends and within the confines of"
"Samper (singer) Juan Felipe Samper (Born in Cali , Colombia. September 23, 1985) better known as ""SAMPER"" is a musician, songwriter, Colombian pop rock singer winner of 2 Premios Shock, 1 Premios Nuestra Tierra and Latin Grammy nominee. Samper was born September 23, 1985, in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Son of Francisco Samper (publicist) and Beatriz Perez (business woman). He has 3 younger sisters, Maria, Cayetana and Eloisa. The two youngest from his father's second marriage. Throughout his childhood and adolescence he was a member of various musical group. He studied in Cali's musical conservatory conservatorio musical de Cali"
"Gustavo de Greiff Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo (June 20, 1929 – July 19, 2018) was a Colombian lawyer, educator and activist, who served as Attorney General of Colombia and Ambassador to Mexico. He was an outspoken critic of the United States' War on Drugs in Colombia, and an advocate for drug liberalization policies. De Greiff was born in Bogotá, D.C., on June 20, 1929, to Gustavo de Greiff Obregón and Cecilia Restrepo Piñeres. De Greiff was of Swedish descent by way of his father whose grandfather was Karl Sigismund Fromholt von Greiff, a Swedish engineer and geographer who moved to"
"Juan Gossaín Juan Antonio Gossaín Abdallah (January 17, 1949 – ) is a Colombian radio national news director, chief editor, and journalist, as well as a novelist. He wrote the novel ""The Ballad of María Abdala."" He is well known for directing the RCN Radio Network (Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia) from around 1984 to 2010 and during that time had his own radio program that was regularly broadcast in Colombia. Gossaín was a two-time winner in the radio journalism category of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar (Translated: Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award), a national award for Colombian"
"Guillermo Valencia Guillermo Valencia Castillo (October 29, 1873 in Popayán, Colombia – July 8, 1943 in Popayán) was a Colombian poet and translator. He was the father of Guillermo León Valencia (1909-1971), Colombian president during 1962-1966. His first volume of poetry, Ritos (1898, rev. ed. 1914; “Rites”), containing original poems and free translations from French, Italian, and Portuguese, established his literary reputation at home and abroad as a leader of the experimental Modernist movement with its exotic imagery. Unlike many of the Modernists, however, he was an escapist only in his poetry, not in his own life. He led an"
"and the Colombian Government has been entirely overlooked by international media, as an Indian Spiritual Leader, Humanitarian and Ambassador of Peace H. H. Sri Sri Ravishankar facilitated the whole process. For his efforts the President of Colombia Mr. Juan Manuel Santos and Fabio Raul Amin Saleme, President of the House of Representatives, Congress of Colombia honoured Sri Sri with 'Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar', Colombia's Highest Civilian Award, while highlighting his achievements in peace matters through his foundation, The Art of Living. (Check external links) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader) A number of secret exploratory meetings between representatives of the Colombian government and"
"The Solitude of Latin America ""The Solitude of Latin America"" is the title of the speech given by Gabriel García Márquez upon receiving his Nobel Prize in Literature on 8 December 1982. The Nobel Prize was presented to García Márquez by Professor Lars Gyllensten of the Swedish Academy. García Márquez gained fame for his novel ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"", first published in 1967. According to the Nobel Foundation, García Márquez was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of"
"Rodolfo Llinás Rodolfo Llinás Riascos (Bogotá, Colombia 16 December 1934) is an Colombian-American neuroscientist. He is currently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman Emeritus of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He attended the Gimnasio Moderno school and received his MD from the Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 from the Australian National University working under Sir John Eccles. Llinás has published over 800 scientific articles. Llinás was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the son of Jorge Enrique Llinas and Bertha Riascos. He was motivated"
"later imprisoned him. In 1976, he joined the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners, and in 1990 he became its executive director, a position he held until 1998. He then took a teaching position at a university in Bogotá. Jaime Prieto Mendez Jaime Prieto Mendez (born c. 1954) is a Colombian human rights activist. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights describes him as ""internationally regarded as a founder of the modern Colombian human rights movement"", and in 1998 awarded him its Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award along with fellow Colombian activists Berenice Celeyta, Gloria Florez,"
"Colombia’s Pacific rainforest region called the ""Proceso de Comunidades Negras"" (PCN). Arturo Escobar (anthropologist) Arturo Escobar (born 1952) is a Colombian-American anthropologist and the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His academic research interests include political ecology, anthropology of development, social movements, anti-globalization movements, and postdevelopment theory. Escobar was born in Manizales, Colombia. He currently holds Colombian and American citizenship and publishes in both English and Spanish. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1975 from the University of Valle in Cali, Colombia, and completed one year of"
"Piedad Bonnett Piedad Bonnett Vélez (Amalfi (Antioquia), 1951) is a Colombian poet, playwright and novelist. She obtained a degree in Philosophy and Literature from the Universidad de los Andes University of Los Andes (Colombia) where she has been professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities since 1981. She has published eight poetry books, many of which have been translated to Italian, English, French, Swiss, Greek and Portuguese, four novels, and five theater plays. Her short stories and essays have been published in both Colombian and international magazines and newspapers, and she has represented Colombia in numerous poetry festivals in"
"his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Rodolfo Llinás Rodolfo Llinás Riascos (Bogotá, Colombia 16 December 1934) is an Colombian-American neuroscientist. He is currently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman Emeritus of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He attended the Gimnasio Moderno school and received his MD from the Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 from the Australian National University working under Sir John Eccles. Llinás has published over 800 scientific articles. Llinás was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the son of Jorge Enrique"
"the Corporation for Biological Research (CIB) for the support of young people interested in scientific work has been successfully developed in Colombia. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture based in Colombia investigates the increasing challenge of global warming and food security. Some leading Colombian scientists are Joseph M. Tohme, researcher recognized for his work on the genetic diversity of food, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo who is known for his groundbreaking work on synthetic vaccines for malaria, Francisco Lopera who discovered the ""Paisa Mutation"" or a type of early-onset Alzheimer's, Rodolfo Llinás known for his study of the intrinsic neurons properties and"
"civil servant of the Bogotá Aqueducts, and María Zényde Zapata, a lawyer, both originally from the Department of Cauca. Monthly Column - EL TIEMPO Newspaper Colombia http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/paula-moreno Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (born 11 November 1978) is a Colombian engineer and professor. She served as the 8th Minister of Culture of Colombia in the administration of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Moreno became the first Afro-Colombian woman, as well as the youngest person, to hold a Cabinet position in Colombia. She was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies at Massachusetts"