Sergio Esteban Vélez

Who is Sergio Esteban Vélez?

Sergio Esteban Vélez Peláez is a Colombian writer, professor and journalist. He won the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar 2010 », the Premio Internacional de Periodismo José María Heredia 2010. and the Premio Cipa a la Excelencia Periodística 2012. The poet Olga Elena Mattei says that Vélez represents the Andean aspect of the contemporary Colombian poetry. Vélez is a Communicator of the University of Antioquia, Colombia.

Born in Medellín, he studied Law and Political Science at the Bolivarian Pontifical University and studied Modern Languages at Sherbrooke University]]. He collaborates as a weekly columnist in the newspaper El Mundo. He was the creator of the Academia Antioqueña de Letras, with Octavio Arizmendi Posada, former Minister of Education of Colombia.

In 2002 Sergio Esteban Vélez was appointed Cultural Director of the Colegio Altos Estudios de Quirama.