Jairo Aníbal Niño

Jairo Aníbal Niño (September 5, 1941 in Moniquirá (Boyacá) – August 30, 2010 in Bogotá) was a Colombian writer who directed the National Library of Colombia. He started his career as an artist; he tried his hand in painting but turned to playwriting. He is best known in the writing world for his contributions to juvenile literature. Most of his published works were children's literature, to which he dedicated most of his career. Jairo Aníbal Niño was a university professor, director of the National Library of Colombia, screenwriter, director of the playwriting workshop in the Free Theatre of Bogota, and director of the theater department at National University of Colombia in Bogota. He was awarded the Colombian National Literature award (Premio Nacional de Literatura Colombiana) in 1977. Provided by Wikipedia