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(Caracas, 1950) [ español ] Short-story, narrator, essayist, translator of poetry written in English language, independent publisher, literary critic, professor and poet. His work has been translated into several languages and collected in Latin American and European anthologies. He has represented Venezuela in international events of Athens, Paris, New York, Mexico, Seville, and Salamanca. Short-story books: Los dientes de Raquel [Raquel's Teeth] (La Draga y el Dragón, 1973), Saltos sobre la soga [Jumps On the Rope] (Monte Ávila, 1975), Los 1001 cuentos de 1 línea [The 1001 One-Line Short-Stories] (Fundarte, 1980), Relatos de otro mundo [Another World Stories] (1988), Tramas imaginarias [Imaginay Plots] (Monte Ávila, 1990), Biografías grotescas [Grotesque Biographies] (Memorias de Altagracia, 1997), La gran jaqueca y otros cuentos crueles [The Great Headache and Other Cruel Short-Stories] (Imaginaria, 2002), El hombre de los pies perdidos [The Man with the Lost Feet] (Thule, Spain, 2005) and La taberna de Vermeer y otras ficciones [The Tavern of Vermeer and Other Fictions] (Alfaguara, Caracas, 2005). Novels: La isla del otro [The Other's Island] (Monte Ávila, 1979), Una fiesta memorable [A Memorable Party] (Planeta, 1991), Mercurial [Mercurial] (Planeta, 1994), Sueños y guerras del Mariscal [The Marshal's Dreams and Wars] (Comala, 2001) and Paisaje con ángel caído [Landscape with Fallen Angel] (Imaginaria, 2004). Literary essay books: Diálogos con la página [Dialoge with the Page] (Academia Nacional de la Historia, 1984), Provincias de la palabra [Provinces of the Word] (Planeta, 1995), Espectros del cine [Cinema Phantoms] (Cinemateca Nacional, 1998), El espejo de tinta [The Ink Mirror] and Una luz en el camino [A Light in the Way] . Fundamentos de ética para adolescentes [Concepts on Ethics for Adolescents] (Biblioteca Básica Temática, Caracas, 2004). Poetry books: Materias de sombra [Shade Matters] (1983 Monte Ávila Poetry Prize), Narración del doble [The Double's Narration] (Fundarte, 1978), Baladas profanas [Profane Ballads] (La oruga luminosa, 1993) and Proso estos versos [Verses written in Prose] (Círculo de Escritores de Cojedes, 1998). Research works: Relatos venezolanos del siglo XX [Venezuelan Stories in the 20 th Century] (Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1989), El ensayo literario en Venezuela [The Literary Essay in Venezuela] (La Casa de Bello, Caracas, 1988), Mares. El mar como tema en la poesía venezolana [The Seas. The Sea as Topic in the Venezuelan Poetry] (Banco Unión-Ateneo de Caracas, 1990 ANDA Prize), Ficción Mínima. Muestra del cuento breve en América [Minimum Fiction. Sample of the Brief Short-Story in America] (Fundarte, Caracas, 1996). Literary anthologies and studies on Víctor Valera Mora (Fundarte, 1987), Luis Fernando Álvarez (Monte Ávila, 1984), John Lennon y Bob Dylan, dos trovadores del siglo XX [John Lennon and Bob Dylan, two Trovers in the 20 th Century (Fundarte, two editions, 1979 and 1991), Brian Patten (Fundarte, 1978), Baica Dávalos (Entreverado, Fundarte, 1979), José Lezama Lima. |
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