Oscar Perdomo Gamboa
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Oscar Perdomo Gamboa is a writer born in the city of Ibagué
, Colombia
. Studied Journalism and a magister in Colombian and Latin American literature
. Won the Jorge Isaacs
award with the novel Hacia la Auora http://books.google.com.co/books?id=vfmsiOVPS9cC&dq=%22Oscar+perdomo+gamboa%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=NoFcsxs_s7&sig=JzSu45QckyW0COYjghkD9GLf-R0&hl=es&ei=y7DnSfv1BImEtweVgc3GBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9 in 1998, a story about a student who can control other people's dreams. The book was published in 1999 and 2005. He's worked as teacher in several colleges of the city of Cali
. In 2008, he published Ella, mi Sueño y el Mar (She, my dream and the sea), collection of romantic short stories dedicated to an imaginary muse. His third book is De cómo perdió sus vidas el gato (How did the cat lose his lives) is a novel for children about a cat who must visit the nine muses in order to reach wisdom. In 2011 with the poet Hernando Urriago Benítez
published Escrito en la grama (written in the grass) an anthology of Colombian short stories about soccer. His last controversial novel, MD™, is a parody about a surreal factory where everything is created. He also has written diverse articles, some of them humorous, for local newspapers, magazines and web pages, including La Palabra, cultural publication of Universidad del Valle. Currently he teaches languages and literature in Cali, Colombia, with fellow writers like Carlos Patiño Millán and Fabio Martínez.
Ibagué
Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Studied Journalism and a magister in Colombian and Latin American literature
Latin American literature
Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to the...
. Won the Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....
award with the novel Hacia la Auora http://books.google.com.co/books?id=vfmsiOVPS9cC&dq=%22Oscar+perdomo+gamboa%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=NoFcsxs_s7&sig=JzSu45QckyW0COYjghkD9GLf-R0&hl=es&ei=y7DnSfv1BImEtweVgc3GBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9 in 1998, a story about a student who can control other people's dreams. The book was published in 1999 and 2005. He's worked as teacher in several colleges of the city of Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
. In 2008, he published Ella, mi Sueño y el Mar (She, my dream and the sea), collection of romantic short stories dedicated to an imaginary muse. His third book is De cómo perdió sus vidas el gato (How did the cat lose his lives) is a novel for children about a cat who must visit the nine muses in order to reach wisdom. In 2011 with the poet Hernando Urriago Benítez
Hernando Urriago Benítez
Hernando Urriago Benítez is a poet and essay writer who was born in Cali, Colombia in 1974. He studied literature in Universidad del Valle and a Magister in Colombian and Latin American literature.His grading thesis was about essay writer Baldomero Sanín Cano...
published Escrito en la grama (written in the grass) an anthology of Colombian short stories about soccer. His last controversial novel, MD™, is a parody about a surreal factory where everything is created. He also has written diverse articles, some of them humorous, for local newspapers, magazines and web pages, including La Palabra, cultural publication of Universidad del Valle. Currently he teaches languages and literature in Cali, Colombia, with fellow writers like Carlos Patiño Millán and Fabio Martínez.