Luis López Nieves
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| Luis López Nieves | |
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 Luis López Nieves |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Occupation | Writer, Professor |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Genres | Novel, Short Story |
| Notable work(s) | Voltaire's Heart; Seva; The True Death of Juan Ponce de León |
| Notable award(s) | National Literature Prize (Twice: in 2000 and in 2005) |
| Spouse(s) | Mara Daisy Cruz |
Luis López Nieves (born in 1950) is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical short stories The True Death of Juan Ponce de León; second, in 2005, with his novel Voltaire's Heart. He has published two other books which include Seva, one of Puerto Rico's most influential short stories, and Writing for Rafa. His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies.
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[edit] Education and career
López Nieves created and is the current director of the first and only Master's Program in Creative Writing of Puerto Rico, at the Sacred Heart University, in San Juan. He also founded and directs Ciudad Seva Digital Library (Ciudad Seva), that has received more than 15.7 million visitors from all over the world (in June, 2008).
López Nieves has a BA in General Studies from the University of Puerto Rico; also an MA in Hispanic Literature and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, both from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
He has collaborated with several newspapers and written two TV miniseries. He has also written the scripts for important PSA advertisements. He has been visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and was a Ford Foundation Fellow.
Currently he is regular columnist of the largest newspaper in Puerto Rico: "El Nuevo Día".
[edit] Publications
His books The True Death of Juan Ponce de León (2000) and Voltaire's Heart (2005) have won the National Literature Prize. Additional books he has published include Seva, one of Puerto Rico's most renowned and best selling books, and Writing for Rafa. His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novel
- El corazón de Voltaire, 2005, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. (Voltaire's Heart.)
- El corazón de Voltaire, 2007, Belacqva, Spain. (Voltaire's Heart.)
[edit] Short stories
- Seva (one of Puerto Rico's most celebrated short stories), 1984, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia.
- Escribir para Rafa, 1987, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. (Writing for Rafa.)
- La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de León, 2000, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. (The True Death of Juan Ponce de León.)
[edit] Some anthologies that include his short stories
- El cuento hispanoamericano (Seymour Menton, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, Seventh Edition, 2003).
- El cuento hispanoamericano en el siglo XX (Fernando Burgos, Editorial Castalia, Madrid, 1997).
- El muro y la intemperie: El nuevo cuento latinoamericano (Julio Ortega, Ediciones del Norte, New Hampshire, USA, 1989).
- Cuentos para ahuyentar el turismo (Vitalina Alfonso y Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, Editorial Arte y Literatura, La Habana, Cuba, 1991).
- Writing Between the Lines (Bowen & Weigel, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, USA, 1997).
- Die Horen (Wilfried Böhringer, Germany, Year 42, 3rd Quarter, Edition 187, 1997).
- Los nuevos caníbales: Antología de la más reciente cuentística del caribe hispano (Bobes, Valdez y Gómez Beras, Editorial Isla Negra -joint publishing with Ediciones Unión/Cuba and Editorial Búho/Dominican Republic-, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000).
[edit] See also
- List of Puerto Rican writers
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Rican literature
- Ciudad Seva
- Bibliography about López Nieves IN ENGLISH
- Datos Personales
- Bibliografía sobre la obra de López Nieves
