them the recent reelection of President Álvaro Uribe, that eventually led him to this decision. Vallejo is openly gay and lives with his partner, scenographist David Antón. He is known as an animal rights defender and vegan, and because of his antinatalist views, he has no children. He is an atheist and fiercely critical of religion. Selected works "El reino misterioso o Tomás y las abejas" - [The Mysterious Kingdom, or, Thomas and the Bees] (1975). In Pilo Tamirano Luca: 2o. Concurso Nacional de Obras de Teatro. México, DF: IMSS. Logoi: una gramática del lenguaje literario (1983) Barba Jacob, el mensajero (1984) The Blue Days - Los días azules (1985) The Secret Fire - El fuego secreto (1987) The Roads to Rome - Los caminos a Roma (1988) Years of Indulgence - Años de indulgencia (1989) El mensajero (1991) Among ghosts - Entre fantasmas (1993) La virgen de los sicarios - [Our Lady of the Assassins](1994) Chapolas negras (1995) The Darwinist Tautology - La tautología darwinista (1998) The Precipice - El desbarrancadero (2001) Rambla Paralela - "La rambla paralela" (2002) My Brother the Mayor - Mi hermano el alcalde (2003) Brief Handbook of Impostorology in Physics - "Manualito de imposturología física" (2005) The Whore of Babylon - "La puta de Babilonia" (2007) White Crow - "Cuervo Blanco" (2012) He received the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2003, one of the most prestigious prizes for Literature in the Spanish language for El desbarrancadero and, protesting the political climate in Venezuela, donated the cash from the award to Caracas's dogs. Acceptance speech at the Rómulo Gallegos prize, in Spanish: Interviews "La sinceridad puede ser demoledora" Ciberletras, 13. Lehman University. See also List of Colombian writers References External links "10 Most Influential Ibero American Intellectuals" of the year 2012. Foreign Policy magazine Revista Semana; A su estilo, con humor negro, el escritor Fernando Vallejo renuncia a la nacionalidad colombiana 1942 births Colombian biologists Colombian emigrants to Mexico Colombian film directors 20th-century Colombian novelists 21st-century Colombian novelists Colombian male novelists Mexican biologists Mexican film directors Mexican novelists Mexican male writers Living people People from Medellín Gay novelists Colombian LGBT writers Mexican LGBT novelists Anti-natalists Critics of religions Colombian atheists Mexican atheists