Jairo Anibal Niño

He began studying in Bucaramanga, but abandoned his studies. First dabbled in the fine arts and painting. He was a member of group of painters La Mancha. Later he was an actor, theater director, puppeteer and playwright. Was a university professor and director of university theater groups. He wrote over 40 books and occasionally signed his articles with the pseudonym of Amadeo Zoro. He belonged to several theater groups called "protest" and the Teatro Libre de Bogotá. In 1988 he served as director of the National Library of Colombia.During his literary career was awarded the National Literature Prize Enka (1977), the Award for Short Film Scripts FOCINE (1980) and Shaman American Award (1990), would ask his work was highlighted in the List of Honor of the International Organization for Youth Paper (1992), the Canary Islands on cutting edge Narrative Prize (1996) and Caracol Merit Award, awarded by the Mexican Association of Storytellers.