Carlos Pintado

Carlos Pintado
Carlos Pintado, Cuban-american poet

Born 1974
Havana, Cuba
Occupation Author
Nationality Cuban–American
Genre Poetry, fiction, short stories
Notable works 2014 Paz Prize for Poetry, National Poetry Series, Sant Jordi's International Prize, Rimas Tropicales, Habitación a oscuras, El unicornio y otros poemas


Carlos Pintado (born 1974 in Cuba) is a Cuban–American writer, playwright and award-winning poet who immigrated to the United States in the early 90s. He received the prestigious 2014 Paz Prize for Poetry for his book "Nueve Monedas" awarded by the National Poetry Series and will be published in a bilingual edition by Akashic Press in New York. His book Autorretrato en azul received the Sant Jordi's International Prize for Poetry and his El azar y los tesoros was one of the finalists for Adonais Prize in 2008. He also contributed to The exile Experience: a journey to freedom, coordinated by Cuban American music producer Emilio Estefan.

In praising Pintado’s work, United States' Presidential Inaugural poet Richard Blanco has written: “The urgency and presence in Pintado’s poems feel as if the poet’s very life depended on writing them. They are possessed by a unique, intangible quality that arrests the reader and commands attention. His work is intimate yet boundless, moving easily between form and free verse, prose poems and long poems, whether capturing the everyday streets of Miami Beach or leading us into the mythic and mystical worlds of his imagination.”

In 2012, Carlos Pintado was one the judges of Gibara's Film Festival, along with Spanish singer and film maker Luis Eduardo Aute.

Biography

In 2010, the South Beach Music Ensemble released the "Quintet on Carlos Pintado Poems" a piano and string quintet based on his poems with concerts throughout United States led by the American composer Pamela Marshall and director Michael Andrews. The author has been an invited artist to the White Night or Sleepless Night performing among several musicians and artists of recognized artistic career. Pintado practices Nichiren Buddhism since 2004 and is also a member of the worldwide Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.


Published works


Collaborations

A collection of his poetry titled Tropical Rhymes had its World Premiere in San Francisco in June 2011, by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Music accompanying the poems was composed by Tania Leon.

Carlos Pintado's "Idolos del sueño" (Dream eidolons) was turned into a piece for a soprano, clarinet, violin, cello and piano by Ileana Perez-Velazquez and it was premiered in 2011 by world-renowned CONTINUUM at Kaufman Music Center.

“The Exile Experience: a journey to freedom”

Carlos Pintado was a contributor writer to the book the exile experience: a journey to freedom, coordinated by Cuban American music producer Emilio Estefan.

Carlos Pintado has collaborated with Cuban musicians Gema and Pavel, as well as international superstar Francisco Cespedes and in 2009 participated along with actor and sculptor Michel Hernandez on the project 'The Invention of the senses", a fusion of poetry and sculptures which is now part of the OPEN SPACES/ ESPACIO ABIERTO catalog of Miami's Centro Cultural Español. Pintado is also a contributor writer of Free Soul Dance Company directed by Belma Suazo and international actor Francisco Gattorno.

His articles have appeared in Vogue magazine in Spanish.

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