Winston Morales Chavarro is a Colombian poet, novelist and journalist born in Neiva, in 1969. He has a master's degree in Latin American Literature from the Simon Bolivar Andean University in Quito. He is now a full-time professor teaching at the University of Cartagena. His poetry explores the history of mythology and the mystery of life. In his writing he seeks to analyse some of the most poets of the twentieth century in Latin America, including José Antonio Ramos Sucre, Carlos Obregon, César Dávila Andrade and Jaime Sáenz. His texts have been partially translated into French, Italian, English, Polish, German, Rumanian and Chinese included in different national and foreign anthologies. He has given lectures and lectures at the Universities of Antioquia, Surcolombiana and Cartagena ; Szczecin, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zielona Gora and Poznan ; Harvard, California, Salem, Merrimack and Northern Essex Community College ; Sonora, and Granada.
Published work
Poetry
"Aniquirona", band of poetry, published by Trilce, Bogotá, Colombia, 1998
"The Rain and the Angel", three poets from Huila, Neiva poetry book, publisher Tricle, 1999
"Back to Schuaima", published by Dauro, Granada, Spain, 2001
"Encrypted lamp", International Academy Orient-Occident of Arges-Romania, Romania 2018
"The flight of the blue birds", Poetry, Edition, 2018
Novels
"God put a smile on his face", 2004
Essays
"Poetics of the Occult" in the writings of José Antonio Ramos Sucre, Carlos Obregón, César Dávila Andrade and Jaime Sáenz, publishers Trilce, Bogotá, Colombia, 2008
"The beautiful awakens and other texts", publisher New People, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015
"Tasks of Acoustics", Typeface dynamics at the University of Cartagena, publisher University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 1980 - 2009
Translations
"La douce Aniquirone et D`autres poemes somme poètique",, 2013
"Słodka Aniquirona",, Event at the University Adam Mickiewicz, Poland, 2017
"Die süße Aniquirona",, Communicators of the University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2018
"Lumină criptată",, International Academy Orient-Occident of Arges-Romania, Romania 2018
"The sweet Aniquirona", 2019
"日子流逝何方？" (Mandarin translation by Lee Kuei-shien, 2020
Awards and honors
First place in the House of Poetry, Organization Competition, Neiva, Colombia, 1996
First place in the poetry competition José Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, 1997 and 1999
First place in the competition department of the Ministry of Culture, Colombia, 1998
First place at the Genaro Diáz Jordán competition, 2016 International Poetry Award "David Mejía Velilla", University of La Sabana, Bogotá, Colombia, 2014
Honored as a writer on the XII. International Book Fair of Lawrence, Massachusetts, America, 2017
Award of Senators and State Chamber of Commerce representatives of Massachusetts, America, 2017
Award from the Office of the Mayor of Boston on the XII. International Book Fair of Lawrence, Massachusetts, America, 2017
Award of the Order "Gustavo Hernández Riveros" in Neiva, Colombia, 2018
Excellence Award 2018 of the Journalist Community of Huila in Neiva, Colombia, 2018
First International Prize for Poetry at the International Poetry festival in Arges-Romania, 2018
Award of the Order "Cacique Timanco" in Huila, Colombia, 2018
