Germán Espinosa Villareal (April 30, 1938 – October 17, 2007) was a Colombian novelist, poet and author born and based in Cartagena, Colombia.
[1] His historical fiction writings featured such diverse topics as witches, pirates and the Spanish Inquisition.
[1] The quote referred to fellow Colombian writer, Gabriel García Márquez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
"[1] "Perhaps the legends that arose in my city were the product of the inactivity of the people, since, for so long, almost the entire 19th century .
Some of his novels are "La Balada del Pajarillo" (the Ballad of the little bird), "Cuando Besan las Sombras" (When shadows kiss), "El Signo del Pez" (The Sign of the Fish) and "Aitana", dedicated to his deceased wife, Josefina.