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Sergio Vélez is a Colombian

Colombian people

Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

writer and journalist. The poet Olga Elena Mattei

Olga Elena Mattei

Olga Elena Mattei is a Colombian poet born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1933. She has won several poetry awards in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries...

says that Vélez represents the Andean aspect of the contemporary Colombian poetry. Winner of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar 2010 (National Journalism Award Simon Bolivar). and of the Premio Internacional de Periodismo José María Heredia 2010 (International Journalism Award Jose Maria Heredia 2010).

Sergio Esteban Vélez is a Communicator of the University of Antioquia

University of Antioquia

The University of Antioquia , also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquía, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the northwest of the country, and the second in...

, Colombia. Born in Medellín, he studied Law and Political Science at the Bolivarian Pontifical University and studied Modern Languages at the Sherbrooke University. He collaborates as a weekly columnist in the newspaper El Mundo. He was the creator of the Academia Antioqueña de Letras, with Octavio Arizmendi Posada, former Minister of Education of Colombia.

In 2002 Sergio Esteban Vélez was appointed Cultural Director of the Colegio Altos Estudios de Quirama.

Books of poetry

"Nocturnal Glean" (Destellos nocturnos) Edited, 1996 & 1997, written at the age of 12
"Fire Inside" (Entre el fuego) Edited, 1998 & 1999
"Mystic Symphony" (Sinfonia Mística)(Sonnets, 2000) (Introduction, Octavio Arizmendi Posada, former Minister of Education – Colombia).
"Weave under Skin" (Urdimbre bajo la piel). Edited, 2005. Illustrations, David Manzur; introduction. O. E. Mattei, Fernando Vallejo
"Hollow Story" (Historia cóoncava) 2004. Introduction Meira Delmar (important Colombian poet). Special mention in the Premio Porfirio Barba Jacob
"Inner Rooms" 2006. Partially published by Revista Mefisto. Illustrations by David Manzur (important Colombian painter)
"Expanding Aura" (Para expandir el aura) (Anthological selection)

History works

"Color in Colombian Modern Art" (Prologue by Belisario Betancur
Belisario Betancur
Belisario Betancur Cuartas is a Colombian statesman, who as a member of the Colombian Conservative Party was President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986.- Biographic data :...

, Colombian ex president). Illustrated, full color edition. 2007
"David Manzur, en sus propias palabras" (Laureated thesis, 2008)
"Master of Masters: Luis Uribe Bueno" (Authorized Biography) Unpublished. 2000
"Life, Lineage and descendants of the Antioquenian president Luciano Restrepo Escobar" (520 Pages) Unpublished.
Dozens of essays, Literary Critics, Art Critics. Numerous articles about Distinguished men from Antioquia, History and Religious topics.

Distinctions

National Journalism Award "Simon Bolivar" (2010) (Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar)
International Journalism Award "José Maria Heredia" (2010) (Premio Internacional de Periodismo José María Heredia (Los Angeles, 2010).
Integral Humanistics Award (Asociación Colombiana de Profesionales Integrales ASOPROINT, 2005).
Finalist of the National Poetry Award "Porfirio Barba Jacob" (2004), the Literary Award "Jorge Isaacs" (2005)and the National Poetry Award "Avatares"
Colombian delegate to the VII Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana. Santiago de Chile, octubre de 2005.
Quoted by Concejo de Medellín and Academia Antioqueña de Historia, in the book "Historia de Medellín: 330 años", among ten noted poets born in Medellín.
Various homages to his cultural work (Club Campestre, Comfama, Inteco, Academia Ant. de Letras, Centro Lit. Antioquia, Instituto Ferrini, Colegas).
Numerous and positive critics from specialists, writers, press and personalities, about his cultural work.
Numerous interviews for press, radio and TV (Colombia, USA, Latin-American, Peru, Canada)
Poetry readings in important auditoriums of Colombia, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Quito, Lima and Quebec.
Poems included in press reviews in Colombia, España, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay, China and Sueden.
Cultural promoter. Organizer and director of dozens of cultural events in Medellín.
Ad-honorem collaborator, for more than 10 years, to many social civic, politic and ecologic groups.
Named member of prestigious cultural institutions (World Poets Society, Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, Red Mundial de Escritores en Espanol, Poetas del Mundo, Unión Hispanoamericana de Escritores, Academia Colombiana de Historia Policial, Academia Antioqueña de Letras, Colegio de Academias de Antioquia, Asociación Iberoamericana de la Décima, Asociación Colombiana de Corresponsales de Prensa, Asociación Nacional de Profesionales Integrales, Fundación "Maestro Luis Uribe Bueno", Centro Literario "Antioquia").

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