© Daniela Abad
(Medellín, 1958), son of Cecilia Faciolince and Héctor Abad Gómez, a prominent doctor, university professor and human rights advocate, who was also the founder of the Colombian National School of Public Health, is a Colombian writer, translator and journalist.
He studied Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Turin from 1982 to 1987. He was Director of the Revista de la Universidad de Antioquia (1993-1997), Director of the EAFIT University Press (2004-2006) and then Director of the Luis Echavarría Villegas Library Cultural Center at EAFIT University (2013-2017). He also worked as a journalist and columnist for various Colombian media publications: El Espectador, Cromos, El Colombiano, and the magazines Cambio and Semana. He has received the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award twice (1998 and 2007) for his opinion articles.
His essays, translations and literary criticism include: The Joy of Being Awake (Brookline, 1996), Recipes for sad women (Pushkin, 2012), Fragmentos de amor furtivo (Alfaguara, 1998), Basura (2000, Lengua de Trapo de Narrativa Innovadora Prize), Angosta (2003; Alfaguara, 2020), La Oculta (Alfaguara, 2015), Lo que fue presente (Alfaguara, 2019) and his most recent novel Salvo mi corazón, todo está bien (Alfaguara, 2022). His most celebrated book, Oblivion: A Memoir (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), tells the story of his father, Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, and has received multiple accolades in different countries.
He is currently a columnist and editorial advisor for the newspaper El Espectador. He also contributes to El País in Madrid, Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Zurich and other national and international publications. His novels have been translated into different languages, including English, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, French and German.
Other activities involving the participant:
Memory of oblivion
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