Jairo Anibal Niño

Jairo Aníbal Niño (Moniquirá (Boyacá), September 5, 1941 - Bogotá, August 30, 2010) was a writer, poet and playwright Colombian, who stood out mainly in the field of children's literature.

Biography

He began studying in Bucaramanga, but abandoned his studies. He ventured first to the plastic arts and painting. He was a member of the group of painters La Mancha. Later he was an actor, theater director, puppeteer and playwright. He was professor and director of university theater groups. He wrote over 40 books and occasionally signed his articles with the pseudonym of Amadeo Zoro. He belonged to several theater groups called "protest" and the Teatro Libre de Bogotá. In 1988 he served as director of the National Library of Colombia.

Some of his best known plays are The coup, Bald Mount, weddings can and Efrain Gonzalez, in his screenplays for film highlights Efrain Gonzalez, winner of the contest for a feature film script called by Focine argument, and The source of the beasts.