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Search - List of Books by Daniel Samper Pizano
Daniel Samper Pizano (born in Bogotá in 1945) is a Colombian lawyer, journalist, story-teller, columnist and novelist. He is also known for being brother of former President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper.
Samper studied in the Gimnasio Moderno where he began writing in the students newspaper El Aguilucho ("The Eaglet"). At the age of 19 he worked for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo as a reporter. After graduating from high school, Samper studied law in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and later attended graduate school for journalism at Kansas University, United States. He was also awarded the Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University.
Since then he has been an editor, columnist and author of some 25 books, TV and movie screenwriter and winner of numerous recognitions and awards in Colombia, Spain, and other parts of the Americas. Among these, the Maria Moors Cabot prize" given by Columbia University. He has won three times the Colombian "Simón Bolívar Prize for Journalism", the "Premio Rey de España" (King of Spain prize).
In Colombia, Samper is also considered the father of Colombian investigative journalism after his work as a reporter for El Tiempo newspaper.
Samper resides in Madrid since 1986 and was an editor of the Spanish magazine Cambio 16. He is also member of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua.
His writings are notable for having a wide and soft sense of humor mixed with some social criticism. He writes a column for El Tiempo called "Cambalache" (colloquialism meaning "Exchange") and the magazine Carrusel with a humor section called "Postre de notas", as well as some articles written for Colombian magazines such as El Malpensante, Revista Semana and Gatopardo.
As a TV screenwriter he wrote scripts for the Colombian TV series Dejémonos de vainas during the 1980s and 1990s.
His latest book was released in 2009 and titled La Mica del Titanic, a compilation of 62 short stories.
Samper studied in the Gimnasio Moderno where he began writing in the students newspaper El Aguilucho ("The Eaglet"). At the age of 19 he worked for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo as a reporter. After graduating from high school, Samper studied law in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and later attended graduate school for journalism at Kansas University, United States. He was also awarded the Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University.
Since then he has been an editor, columnist and author of some 25 books, TV and movie screenwriter and winner of numerous recognitions and awards in Colombia, Spain, and other parts of the Americas. Among these, the Maria Moors Cabot prize" given by Columbia University. He has won three times the Colombian "Simón Bolívar Prize for Journalism", the "Premio Rey de España" (King of Spain prize).
In Colombia, Samper is also considered the father of Colombian investigative journalism after his work as a reporter for El Tiempo newspaper.
Samper resides in Madrid since 1986 and was an editor of the Spanish magazine Cambio 16. He is also member of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua.
His writings are notable for having a wide and soft sense of humor mixed with some social criticism. He writes a column for El Tiempo called "Cambalache" (colloquialism meaning "Exchange") and the magazine Carrusel with a humor section called "Postre de notas", as well as some articles written for Colombian magazines such as El Malpensante, Revista Semana and Gatopardo.
As a TV screenwriter he wrote scripts for the Colombian TV series Dejémonos de vainas during the 1980s and 1990s.
His latest book was released in 2009 and titled La Mica del Titanic, a compilation of 62 short stories.
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