| Jorge Zalamea Borda | |
| Office: | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Italy |
| Term Start: | 1946 |
| Term End: | 1947 |
| President: | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| Ambassador From2: | Colombia |
| Country2: | Mexico |
| Term Start2: | 1943 |
| Term End2: | 1945 |
| President2: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Order3: | 19th |
| Office3: | Ministry of National Education (Colombia)Colombian Minister of National Education |
| Term Start3: | 7 August 1942 |
| Term End3: | 5 September 1942 |
| Predecessor3: | Germán Arciniegas Angueyra |
| Successor3: | Absalón Fernández de Soto |
| President3: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Office4: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia |
| Term Start4: | 1941 |
| Term End4: | 1942 |
| Constituency4: | Cundinamarca Department |
| Birth Date: | 8 March 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Bogota, D.C., Colombia |
| Death Place: | Bogota, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Spouse: | Amelia Costa (1928-1944) |
| Children: | Alberto Zalamea Costa |
Jorge Zalamea Borda (March 8, 1905 – May 10, 1969) was a Colombian writer, poet, and journalist, best known for his anti-dictatorship satirical prose works. His poems, dramas, novels, and essays are notable for their linguistic richness and ascetic, dense style. He typically explored themes of equality and liberty in his writings. His most well-known works include El sueño de la escalinatas and El Gran Burundú-Burundá ha muerto. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967.
In 1952, Zalamea fled Colombia to escape the repressive regime of president Laureano Gómez. Later that year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he published one of his most influential works, El gran Burudún-Burundá ha muerto, a satirical work denouncing Gómez.[1]