Alfredo de la Cruz Molano Bravo (1944-2019) was a writer, sociologist and journalist born in Bogotá in 1944. He dedicated his life to touring the rural areas of Colombia with the intention of giving an account of other realities that inhabit it. Through his literary production, Molano has constructed fundamental texts that show another perspective on the origins and developments of complex social processes such as violence, forced displacement and rural problems.