Poet Antonio Maria Florez to Present His Anthology at the Medellin Book Festival

He was a finalist for the Colombian National Poetry Prize in 2015. Spanish-Colombian writer Antonio Maria Florez will present his poetry anthology “My Mother Gave Me Kisses” in Colombia during the 20th Medellin Book and Culture Festival and in Bogota. En San Marcos y Palo Alto compartimos un lanzamiento donde la memoria, los saberes locales y las voces de las comunidades fueron las verdaderas protagonistas. Later, he will present the book at the auditorium of the Reyes Catolicos Spanish Cultural and Educational Center in Bogota, further strengthening Spanish-Colombian cultural cooperation. The writer won the 2003 Bogota Poetry Prize for “Displaced from Paradise” and was a finalist for the Colombian National Poetry Prize in 2015.