Darío Jaramillo Agudelo (1947) is a Colombian writer, novelist, poet and essayist whose literary work is valued as one of the most current and influential. The intellectual has been considered one of the most important authors of the so-called "Disenchanted Generation" and of the 20th and 21st centuries in Colombia..
Jaramillo Agudelo's literary work has been characterized as critical and sharp. The writer has used clear and precise language, sometimes with an ironic tonality. His production is broad and covers the genres of the novel, short story, essay and poetry..
Some of the most prominent and recognized titles of this Colombian author have been: Treatise on rhetoric, From the eye to the tongue, The body and something else, Alec's death, The inner voice and Story of a passion. Darío Jaramillo Agudelo's performance as a writer has earned him several recognitions inside and outside his country.
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Darío was born on July 28, 1947 in the town of Santa Rosa de Osos in Antioquia. Data on the writer's family and personal life are scarce. Now, it is known that he came from a cultured family, since from his father he inherited a taste for reading and poetry.
Darío Jaramillo Agudelo studied his first years of study in his hometown. Then the writer moved with his family to Medellín and there he completed his educational training. Once he finished high school, the young Agudelo enrolled in the National University for a career in civil engineering, but soon after he retired.
Finally Darío decided to study economics and law at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá.
Along with the exercise of his professions, Jaramillo Agudelo joined various cultural tasks dependent on the government. The writer was part of the publication Hit the dice and was an active member of the "Simón y Lola Guberek" foundation.
The first literary publication that Darío published was in the poetic genre and he did so in 1974 with the work stories. After that the author made a compilation entitled The new history of Colombia in 1976.
Two years later his second collection of poems came out, which he entitled Rhetoric treatise. With this work the author obtained the Eduardo Cote Lamus National Poetry Prize.
Once Jaramillo Agudelo began his literary career, his production did not stop. The author published a good number of works in the eighties, some of the most outstanding were: Love poems, Adventures and misadventures of Pánfila with numbers, Alec's death Y Crossed letters.
The writer was appointed cultural coordinator of the Banco de la República by Belisario Antonio Betancur Cuartas, the then president of Colombia. He carried out this work from 1985 to 2007. During those years, Darío was in charge of preserving and organizing the collections of said entity..
On the other hand, Jaramillo Agudelo managed to strengthen the National Library Network and developed the project to consolidate the cultural heritage of the "Miguel Urrutia" and del Oro museums.
Regarding the last years of the writer's life, it is known that until 2007 he was in charge of the cultural department of the Banco de la República and that he served for a time as a university professor.
Darío Jaramillo Agudelo continued adding titles to his list of literary production. Some of his most current publications have been: Only chance, Nicolás learns numbers, Ghosts, just close your eyes Y Select poetry. The author is currently seventy-two years old.
- Eduardo Cote Lamus National Poetry Award in 1978 for Rhetoric treatise.
- Finalist in the Plaza y Janés Colombian Novel Contest in 1983 for Alec's death.
- Finalist of the José Manuel Lara Foundation Award for a novel published in Spain in 2007 by The inner voice.
- José María de Pereda Short Novel Award in 2010 for Simona's story.
- National Poetry Award in 2017 for The body and something else.
- Recognized with the Federico García Lorca International Poetry Prize in 2018.
Darío Jaramillo Agudelo's literary style was characterized by the use of clear and precise language. In its beginnings, his poetic work was notorious for its satirical and sober tonality, more full of reason than of feelings. Then his verses became more subjective and emotional.
As well as the author covered several literary genres, he also developed very varied themes. For example, he focused on love, language, economy, culture, life, the end of existence and developed several works aimed at children..
- stories (1974).
- Rhetoric treatise (1978).
- Love Poems (1986, 2013).
- From eye to tongue (nineteen ninety five).
- Sing for singing (2001).
- Cats (2005).
- Music notebooks (2008).
- Just chance (2011).
- The body and something else (2016).
- The new history of Colombia (1976).
- Sentimentario, anthology of love and erotic poetry from Colombia (1985).
- Anthology of pleasant readings (1988).
- Poems (1992).
- Introduction to foreign exchange law: general part (1976).
- Pánfila's adventures and misadventures with numbers (1985).
- Guide for travelers (1991).
- José Asunción Silva his myth in time (1997).
- Nicolás learns the numbers (2012).
- Ghosts (2013).
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Forty Thieves (2015).
- Alec's death (1983).
- Crossed letters (1983).
- The pin game (2002).
- Novel with ghost (2004).
- The inner voice (2006).
- Memories of a happy man (2010).
- Simona's story (2011).
- 77 poems (1987).
- 127 poems (2000).
- Poetry books (2003).
- Poetic anthology (1991).
- How much silence under this moon (1992).
- Reasons for the absentee (1998).
- Even though it's night (2000).
- Of love, of oblivion (2009).
- Just close your eyes (2015).
- Select poetry (2018).
- Story of a passion (2006).
- Poetry in Latin American Popular Song (2008).
- Dictionary (2014).
"Someday I will write a poem
let him not mention the air or the night;
a poem that omits the names of the flowers,
that does not have jasmine or magnolias.
... Someday I will write a poem that limits itself
to pass
fingers through your skin
and turn your gaze into words.
No comparisons, no metaphors,
someday i will write
a poem that smells of you,
a poem with the rhythm of your
pulsations,
with the squeezed intensity of your
hug.
Someday I'll write a poem, the song
of my happiness ".
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