# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustavo-alvarez-gardeazabal
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:36:48.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustavo-alvarez-gardeazabal"
name: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
slug: "gustavo-alvarez-gardeazabal"
description: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal is a Colombian writer and politician. He attended the University of Valle and was the runner-up for a Premio Nadal in 1971 for Dabeiba. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984, and was Governor of Valle del Cauca Department from 1998 to 1999. He also wrote the highly rated telenovela El Bazar de los Idiotas. He is one of the few atheists to hold public office in Colombia."
tagline: "Colombian writer and politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.366021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جوستاڤو الڤاريز جاردايزابال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_%C3%81lvarez_Gardeaz%C3%A1bal"
    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_%C3%81lvarez_Gardeaz%C3%A1bal"
    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_%C3%81lvarez_Gardeaz%C3%A1bal"
    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_%C3%81lvarez_Gardeaz%C3%A1bal"
    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_%C3%81lvarez_Gardeaz%C3%A1bal"
    title: "Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1556811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump