PROFILE
| Full name: Romulo Bustos Aguirre |
| Place of birth: Santa Catalina, Bolívar, Colombia. |
| Birthdate: September 5, 1954 |
BIOGRAPHY
Rómulo Bustos Aguirre is a Colombian writer, poet and essayist born in Santa Catalina, Bolívar; Colombia on September 5, 1954. His poetic work has been recognized nationally and internationally.
(Also know: Biography of the poet Luis Carlos López)
He has twice won the national poetry award, the first in 1993 with the work “In the backyard of heaven” and the second in 2019 with the work “Of flies and angels.” He is described as a writer of slow writing, his poetic work is inspired by the landscape and motifs of his native land, he uses exquisitely refined language rich in images and metaphysical, existential and erotic suggestions.
EDUCATION
Bustos studied Law and Political Science at the University of Cartagena de Indias, Latin American Literature at the Caro y Cuervo Institute in Bogotá and doctoral studies in Religious Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid.
PLAYS
- Of flies and angels (2019) (National Award from the Ministry of Culture)
- House in the air (Pre-Textos, Spain, 2017)
- The incessant pupil, Poetic work: 1988-2013 (2013, 2016)
- The Incessant Pupil (2014)
- Poetic Work: Rómulo Bustos Aguirre (2010)
- Death and levitation of the whale (2010)
- Sacrificial (2007)
- Prayer of the Impure (Collected Work, 2004)
- Thirst Season (1998)
- Word that hits an imaginary color (Obra reunida, 1996)
- In the backyard of heaven (1993) (National Award from the Ministry of Culture)
- Lunation of Love (1990)
- The Dark Seal of God (1988)
ANTOLOGIES
- The Fury of the Lamb (Seshat Ediciones, 2019)
- Jonás Monologue (El Taller Blanco Ediciones, Bogotá, 2019)
- Parables of Flight (2015)
- Rómulo Bustos Aguirre: Selected Poetry (2014)
- The Look of Orpheus (2013)
- The Sleepless Angel (2011)
- Double Fondo III [Joint anthology with the Venezuelan poet Juan Calzadilla] (2010)
- About the difficulty of catching a fly (2008)
AWARDS AND HONOURS
| Year | Prize |
| 2019 | National Poetry Award from the Ministry of Culture |
| 2010 | Blas de Otero Poetry Prize from the Complutense University of Madrid |
| 2007 | Ausias March Prize from the Addison de Witt Poetic Criticism Collective, Spain |
| 1993 | National Poetry Award from the Colombian Institute of Culture |
| 1985 | National Poetry Award from the Coast Writers Association |
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