Javier Campos

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Javier Campos is a Chilean writer and a regular columnist for a Latin American news paper (www.elmostrador.cl). He writes about several issues as social, politic and culture in Latin America, and Latinos in USA. Professor of Fairfield University, Connecticut

His Home page

http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jcampos/

Recent poetry in www.lanzallamas.com:

http://www.autogestiona.net/lanzablog/?p=480

And in Arte Poetica, Antologia de Poesia Universal:

http://www.artepoetica.net/Javier_Campos.htm

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Short Biography

JAVIER CAMPOS was born in Santiago, Chile. He has published a novel Los Saltimbanquis, 1999, and four books of poetry: The Last Photographs (1981), The City in Flames (1986), Forgotten letters of the Astronaut(1991). This last book got the first Prize for Hispanic Poetry in EE.UU in 1991, Letras de Oro.

In 1990 Campos was finalist in Casa de las Americas, Havana , Cuba with The Astronaut in Flames. Later was translated into English by Nick Hill as Letter from a Lost Astronaut.

In 2000 the American magazine of poetry , Mid America Review dedicated to Campos’s poetry a Chapbook in translation. In May 2003, a German journal dedicated a chapbook in translation into German of Campos’ poetry.

In December of 2002 Campos won the first prize of poetry, long poem category, in the International Award Juan Rulfo, Radio France International. The poem was: " LOS GATOS" http://www.letras.s5.com/javiercampos260503.htm

In 2003 he published his first of short stories collection , about “latinos” in USA, The woman who look like Sharon Stone. This book got a Second Award in August 2004 for the best short story book published in Chile during 2003. Read here some shorstories: La mujer que se parecía a Sharon Stone http://www.rileditores.cl/articulo/Articulo.do?m=ver&idArticulo=1069168718101

Here some links to some of the articles from academics about Campos's poetry into a Latin American's context: Profesor Grinor Rojo from University of Chile: "Cartas de Campos" http://www.letras.s5.com/campos231003.htm

Here also from Carmen Foxley, professor from University of Chile:

"La escritura: un espacio para el tránsito" 

http://www.uchile.cl/facultades/filosofia/revista_literaria/sumarios/n57/foxley.html

Now Javier Campos is a professor of Latin American Literature, Hispanic Film, Popular Culture, Politcs, Culture Studies related to Latin America at Universidad de Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

He is -since 2002- a permanent columnist for a Chilean newspaper , one of the most alternative and visited newspaper in that country every day , El Mostrador www.elmostrador.cl

Javier Campos writes too for Sociedad & Conocimiento, magazine from Universidad Central de Chile, Department of Economic.

Finally, JAVIER CAMPOS got a prize for his new book of poetry in the CHICANO/LATINO LITERARY PRIZE, University of California, Irvive, last October of 2005.