Samuel Jaramillo

(Colombia, 1950)

Biography

Samuel Jaramillo was born in Bogotá in 1950. An economist and city planner, having followed postgraduate and Ph.D. courses in France and England. He is a well-known researcher in urban studies both within Colombia and throughout Latin America, and has published a number of widely accepted books on the subject.

From an early age he stood out as a poet, winning a number of national awards and being included in various anthologies. He has published 6 volumes of poetry and a compilation of his works in this genre. He writes a great deal of literary criticism, focusing especially on the prose and poetry writers of his generation in Colombia and Latin America. Norma publishing house recently published his first novel Diary of Light and Dark – Francisco José de Caldas (Diario de la Luz y las Tinieblas – Francisco José de Caldas), a historical tale about the life of this character of our independence. He currently works as a researcher and professor within the Faculty of Economics of the Los Andes University in Bogotá.

Publications
Poetry
Rough Knocks, (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 1973).
Inhabitants of the City and the Night, (“Pandora’s Box” New Colombian Poetry Collection, 1981).
Geographies of Hallucination, (Colección Premio Nacional de Poesía, Universidad de Antioquia, 1982).
The Jungle that Returns, (National Poetry Award Collection, Universidad de Antioquia, 1988).
Under the Lightning’s Wing -Anthology-, (Ulrika, Bogotá, 1995).
Double Night, (Cooperativa Editorial Magisterio, Bogotá, 1998).
The House that Breathes, (Ed. Estoraques, Bogotá, 2002).

Novels
Diary of Light and Darkness. Francisco José de Caldas, (Ed. Norma. Bogotá, 2000).

Links
Anthology of the International Poetry Festival of Medellín
Language: Spanish

Poems

UNDER A VERTIGINOUS SKY SAVANNAH ALONE BETWEEN ROCK AND SKY WOMAN OF A MISTY MOON I THINK: IF ONE CAN LIVE WITHOUT THAT NIGHT WE NEED TO OPEN A SPACE FOR THE NIGHT THE MURMUR OF THE RIVER ON THE BRINK OF TEARS

Poems

Poems of Samuel Jaramillo