His fame is considerably more quaint outside his home country, where it derives primarily from his standing as having been part of the influential artistic and intellectual circle in Colombia in which fellow writer and journalist Gabriel García Márquez—with whom he was also a member of the more particularized Barranquilla Group—and painter Alejandro Obregón also played prominent roles.
His renown is less pronounced outside his home country, where it stems primarily from his association with a prominent artistic and intellectual circle in Colombia, which included fellow writer and journalist Gabriel García Márquez—with whom he was also a member of the more specific Barranquilla Group—and painter Alejandro Obregón.