© Javier Narváez
The London Hay Festival included him in a list of the 39 most important writers under 39 years of age in Latin America (this distinction was endorsed by the Secretariat of Culture of Bogotá, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, for its acronym in English) and a jury made up of writers Héctor Abad Faciolince, Piedad Bonnett and Óscar Collazos.
The Guadalajara Book Fair, on its 25th anniversary, named him one of the Best Kept Literary Secrets in Latin America, along with 24 other authors from the region.
In 2021, the Latino Book Review magazine rated him as one of the six Panamanian and contemporary writers to read.
His novel Las impuras was among the finalists for the Caribbean Writers Association Award and, in 2023, it was translated and edited by Peabirú, Brazil.
He has been awarded by the University of Panama, the Technological University of Panama, the National Institute of Culture, the Goethe Institute of Germany and the Cervantes Institute of Spain.
His work has been translated into English, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Italian and Tagalog.
Critics agree that it uses parody, doubles, magical realism and other related techniques to reveal gender, racial or identity norms.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Authors Forum, a federation that defends the copyright of written works, and brings together nearly 700 thousand members worldwide.
He is a member of the Society of Editors and Authors of Panama.
He collaborates with the 500 Stories project, which promotes creative writing in Latin American schools.
In addition, he works as an editorial advisor and university professor.
Other activities involving the participant:
Latin America Viva
Round table and reading
FIL Program 
