Memorial Page for Álvaro Mutis (née Álvaro Mutis Jara)

Aug 25, 1923 – Sep 22, 2013(90 years)Died in:Mexico City, Mexico

Colombian novelist

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Biography

Birthplace

Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department

Place of Death

Mexico City, Mexico

Nationality

Colombia

Cause of Death

respiratory failure

Occupation(3)

writer novelist poet

Awards(9)

Miguel de Cervantes PrizeXavier Villaurrutia AwardNeustadt International Prize for LiteraturePrincess of Asturias Literary PrizePrix Médicis étrangerInternational Nonino PrizeChevalier des Arts et des LettresGrand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wisehonorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II

Álvaro Mutis (* August 25, 1923 in Bogotá; † September 22, 2013 in Mexico City) was a colombian novelist. He was 90 years old. He received 9 awards, including Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Xavier Villaurrutia Award. His cause of death was respiratory failure.

Life Events

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Born in Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department

1923

Xavier Villaurrutia Award

1988

Prix Médicis étranger

1989

International Nonino Prize

1991

Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

1996

Princess of Asturias Literary Prize

1997

honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II

1997

Miguel de Cervantes Prize

2001

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2002

Died in Mexico City, Mexico (respiratory failure)

2013

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Álvaro Mutis (née Álvaro Mutis Jara). Forever remembered.