Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares Biography

A brief history about the author

He was born in Colombia in 1948. At the age of 20, he received a scholarship to study biochemistry in California. In the USA, he transitioned from being a seminarian to a hippie for his entire life. His youth and knowledge in chemistry led him to explore the world of drug creation, specifically cocaine. This led to his sentencing in a Federal prison from 1982 to 1989. His sentence was reduced from nearly 40 years to 7 in prison due to his continuous studies while incarcerated. He always appreciated the fact that in Federal prisons, it was possible to study very well, as they provided him with the books he needed for his studies of the sonnet and euphonic verse in Spanish. The latter is a style rarely used in his native language, Spanish, and he left behind a treatise with rules and 99 euphonic verses.

It's worth noting that Francisco Luis always told family and friends that he had a collection of 175 sonnets, his 99 euphonic verses (in Spanish) and a treatise on their rules, which will be the last thing I publish from my father.. He continuously refined them until his final days. When he handed me the books, he mentioned that they had some small errors that had escaped him, but he was always very proud and satisfied with having completed them, even though they were never published but were registered in the USA in 1989.

He dedicated himself to working with naturopathy, which was another field of study he pursued in prison, where he was nicknamed 'El Galeno' because he often practiced reflexotherapy with other inmates. Naturopathy was his other passion and a legal business that he continued in his life outside of prison.

He lived in Medellin from 1989 until his death on October 1,2010. He passed away due to an ulcer that he refused to operate on since it had healed on its own twice before.