Author Biography

Candelario Obeso was born in Mompox (Colombia) on January 12th 1849. He was one of the first black poets of Latin-America and he wrote all his poetry in his native Spanish dialect. His keen for popular poetry made him find in it: «a rich abundancy of delicate sentiment and lots of priceless jewels of fair images» / Juan Camilo Mayorga was born in Bogotá. He is a Graphic Designer graduated from the National University of Colombia, where he specialized in Illustration and Art. He is very young, yet his work has already transcended Colombian’s borders.