Gustavo Bolívar (author)
Gustavo Bolívar Moreno (born July 22, 1966) is a Colombian author, screenwriter and journalist, currently serving as General Director of Social Prosperity and previously as Senator of Colombia from 2018 to 2022.
Gustavo Bolívar | |
|---|---|
| General Director of Social Prosperity | |
| Assumed office March 5, 2024 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Laura Sarabia |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office July 20, 2018 – December 31, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gustavo Bolívar Moreno February 22, 1966 Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Political party | Humane Colombia (since 2022) |
| Alma mater | University of La Sabana |
Among her most well-known novels is Sin tetas no hay paraiso, which would gain international fame for its three television adaptations:Sin tetas no hay paraíso one of them produced by Caracol Television in 2006, the second Sin senos no hay paraíso produced and broadcast by RTI Colombia–Telemundo in 2008. And the third Sin tetas no hay paraíso produced, already adapted by Telecinco, produced in 2008 and broadcast in 2009. As well as a novel, it was also adapted into a film directed by Bolívar in 2011.
He is also known for writing the novel El capo and later adapting it to a telenovela. He also was the creator of the telenovelas Victorinos, Ojo por ojo and Tres Caínes.
He is the only senator to donate his entire salary to social works and to a digital media, Cuarto de hora.