Rafael Chaparro Madiedo

Rafael Chaparro Madiedo
Portrait of Rafael Chaparro Madiedo
Born
Rafael Chaparro Madiedo

(1963-12-23)23 December 1963
Died18 April 1995(1995-04-18) (aged 31)
OccupationNovelist, journalist, poet
LanguageSpanish
NationalityColombian
Alma materUniversity of Los Andes
Notable works
  • Opio en las nubes (1992)
  • El pájaro Speed y su banda de corazones maleantes
  • Siempre es saludable perder sangre
Notable awardsNational Literature Prize of Colcultura (1992)

Rafael Chaparro Madiedo (23 December 1963 – 18 April 1995) was a Colombian writer who won the National Literature Prize in 1992 for his novel Opio en las nubes.