Evelio Rosero

Evelio
Rosero, born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1958, is the author
of several books of fiction—novels and short stories—plays,
and poetry. For his body of work he was awarded Colombia's National
Literature Prize by the Ministry of Culture. The Armies won
the prestigious Tusquets International Prize and The Independent
Foreign Fiction Prize for the best translated book of the year
from any language