Jaime Manrique

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Jaime Manrique (16 June 1949 - ) is a gay, Colombian-American author, poet, and journalist.

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[edit] Background

Manrique was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida.

[edit] Writing career

His first poetry volume won Colombia's National Poetry Award. Additionally, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his memoirs and has contributed to Shade (1996), a gay, black fiction anthology. He has also produced the non-fictional book, Eminent Maricones which explores the works of Reinaldo Arenas, Manuel Puig, and Federico García Lorca.

[edit] Teaching career

He has taught creative writing at Mount Holyoke College, New York University, and The New School for Social Research. He is currently a professor in the M.F.A. program at Columbia University.

[edit] Select Works

  • Our Lives Are the Rivers (2006)
  • My Night with Federico García Lorca (2003)
  • Eminente Maricones (1998)
  • Twilight at the Equator (1997)
  • Latin Moon in Manhattan (1992)

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