Andrés Felipe Solano

Andrés Felipe Solano es novelista y periodista. Autor de la novelas Sálvame, Joe Louis (Alfaguara, 2007) y Los hermanos Cuervo (Alfaguara, 2012). Sus artículos han aparecido en diversas publicaciones como SoHo, Arcadia, Gatopardo (México), La Tercera (Chile), Babelia-El País (España), Granta (España, Reino Unido), The New York Times Magazine y Words Without Borders (Estados Unidos).

En 2008 fue finalista del Premio Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, institución presidida por Gabriel García Márquez, por su crónica Seis meses con el salario mínimo, que fue incluida en Lo mejor del periodismo en América Latina (FNPI-FCE, 2009) y en Antología de crónica latinoamericana actual (Alfaguara, 2012). En 2016, gana el premio Biblioteca de Narra

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