Álvaro Cepeda Samudio

Álvaro Cepeda Samudio (March 30, 1926 – October 12, 1972) was a Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker.

Within Colombia and the rest of Latin America, Cepeda Samudio is known as an important and innovative writer and journalist, inspiring much of the artistically, intellectually and politically active climate of mid-20th century Colombia.

Cepeda Samudio is less famous outside his home country. Internationally, he is known primarily as part of the influential artistic and intellectual circle in Colombia that included fellow writer and journalist Gabriel García Márquez—with whom he was also a member of the more particularized Barranquilla Group—and painter Alejandro Obregón, among others. Only one of his works, ''La casa grande'', has received much notice beyond the Spanish-speaking world, having been translated into several languages, including English and French. Provided by Wikipedia