Giuseppe Caputo (born 1982) is a Colombian writer. He was born in

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on the Caribbean coast, and studied both in Colombia and in the United States. He has an MFA in creative writing from

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and the

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. He has written the novels ''Un mundo huérfano'', ''Estrella Madre'' and ''Se va un hombre'', and the poetry collections ''Jardín de carne'' and ''El hombre jaula y Los nacimientos de Jesús''. He is a regular contributor to '' El Tiempo'' newspaper and has worked for the

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. In 2017, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the most promising young writers in

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