Marco Tulio Aguilera Garramuño

Marco Tulio Aguilera Garramuño (born 27 February, 1949) is a Colombian novelist, critic and journalist. Born in Bogota, he studied philosophy at the Universidad del Valle and literature at the University of Kansas. Since then, he has lived in Costa Rica and México, where he has taught at the Universidad Veracruzana.

He has published around 40 books, and has won numerous awards. His first novel, Breve historia de todas las cosas, written when he was 24 year old, was compared with Cien años de soledad. His book ''Cuentos para hacer el amor'' (1983) has been recognized as one of the best Colombian works of fiction of the 20th century. Other books include ''Aves del paraíso'' (1981), ''Los grandes y pequeños amores'' (1992), ''Breve Historia del todas las cosas'' (1979), ''Paraísos hostiles'' (1985), ''Mujeres amadas'' (1991), ''El juego de las seducciones'' (1989), ''Los placeres perdidos'' (1990), ''La noches de Ventura'' (1992), ''Alquimia popular'' (1979), etc. His most ambitious work is a novel in seven volumes called El libro de la vida (includes: Mujeres amadas, La insaciabilidad, La hermosa vida, La pequeña maestra de violón, La sana lujuria (in print) and two still unpublished). Provided by Wikipedia