Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal

Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal

66th Governor of Valle del Cauca
In office 1 January 1998 – 28 July 1999
Preceded by	Germán Villegas Villegas
Succeeded by	Juan Fernando Bonilla
Personal details
Born	(1945-10-31) 31 October 1945 Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	University of Valle (BA, 1970)
Profession	Writer

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Gardeazábal.

Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (born 31 October 1945) is a Colombian writer, and politician.^[1] 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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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 73837310 LCCN: n80160276 ISNI: 0000 0001 0815 0175 GND: 118644939 SUDOC: 028779940 BNF: cb12054539v (data)

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