Date of Birth
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31-October-1945
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Place of Birth
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Tuluá
(Colombia, Valle del Cauca department)
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Nationality
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Colombia
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Also know as
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Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal, Gustavo Ãlvarez Gardeázabal
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Profession
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Writer
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Gustavo Ãlvarez Gardeazábal is a Colombian writer, and politician. He attended the University of Valle and was the runner-up for a Premio Nadal in 1971 for Dabeiba. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984. and was Governor of Valle del Cauca Department from 1998–1999. He also wrote the highly rated telenovela El Bazar de los Idiotas.
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