| David Sánchez Juliao | |
| Birth Name: | David Sánchez Juliao |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1945 |
| Birth Place: |  Santa Cruz de Lorica, Córdoba, Colombia. |
| Death Place: | Bogotá, Colombia. |
| Occupation: | Writer, ambassador, short story, journalist. |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Ambassador From: | Colombia |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| President: | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Ambassador From2: | Colombia |
| Country2: | India |
| Term Start2: | 1991 |
| Term End2: | 1993 |
| President2: | César Gaviria |
| Website: | http://www.davidsanchezjuliao.com/ |
David Sánchez Juliao (November 24, 1945 – February 9, 2011) was a Colombian author, journalist, storyteller and diplomat.
Sánchez Juliao was born in Lorica. He was the Colombian ambassador to India during the César Gaviria administration and ambassador to Egypt during the Ernesto Samper administration. Among his most important works are: El pachanga, El flecha, El flecha II el retorno (2006), Abraham al humor, Fosforito, Historias de Racamandaca y Dulce Veneno Moreno.
Sanchez Juliao's works have been translated into 15 languages and received a number of literary prizes.[1] Sánchez Juliao's works provide an outline of the culture of Colombia's North Coast, and the Córdoba region specifically.
Sanchez Juliao died in Bogotá on February 9, 2011, at the age of 65.