John Jairo Junieles
John Jairo Junieles Acosta is a Colombian writer and poet. He was born in Since, Colombia and studied at the University of Cartagena and Columbia University in New York. He has written for numerous print and online media outlets. He has also published a dozen volumes of fiction and non-fiction, including poetry, short stories and novels. He has won various awards for his work; in 2007, he was named by Hay Festival Bogota as one of the 39 most promising writers in Latin America under the age of 39. He has been translated into multiple languages, including English and French.
