Cristino Gómez

Cristino Alberto Gómez Luciano (born 1987) is a Dominican poet, agronomist, and professor. Author of Ha vuelto el agua, Yo dije el amor, and other books.^[2]

Early life

Cristino Gómez grew up in Fondo Grande, a community in the municipality Loma de Cabrera of Dominican Republic. He started to write poetry early, initially motivated by the work of the Dominican poet Manuel Rueda.^[3]

Work and Trajectory

Cristino's verses, inspired on nature, homeland, and the beloved, "invite to appreciate beauty"^[4] and introduce "love symbolized in nature".^[5]

His poems have been published both printed and online, including blogs, magazines, newspapers and literary webs.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Some of his writings are included in poetry anthologies, including Mil Poemas a Neruda, in tribute to Chilean Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda,^[11] and the Antología del Poeta y Artista Virtual.^[12] In 2007 he was awarded the W.K. Kellog award of poetry of EARTH University, and, in 2008, his blog was honored as Distinguished Dominican Literary Blog at the International Book Fair of Santo Domingo.^[13][14] Currently, Cristino is teacher and the coordinator of the School of Agronomy of the Instituto Politécnico Loyola, and professor at the Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola.^[15][16][17]

Publications

Poetry

• Cristino Alberto Gómez. Yo dije el amor. ISBN 978-9945166545.  (2014)
• Cristino Alberto Gómez. Ha vuelto el agua. ISBN 978-0557320455.  (2010)
• Cristino Alberto Gómez. Quítame las horas. ISBN 978-0557396542.  (2010)
• Cristino Alberto Gómez. Sudores de cafetal. ISBN 978-0557464265.  (2010)
• Cristino Alberto Gómez. Arrancado de Raíz. ISBN 978-0557678754.  (2010)

Other

• Bautista-Solís, P.; Gutiérrez-Montes, I.; Aguilar, J.; Cotto, E.; Gómez, C.; González, M.; Guillén, D.; Mendoza, J.; Morales, I.; Pinoth, R.; Posada, K.; Quiñónez, G.; Salazar, A.; Salgado, M.; Steinvorth, K.; Zambrano, M. (2012). Capitales de la comunidad y la conservación de los recursos naturales: El caso del Corredor Biológico Tenorio-Miravalles. ISBN 978-9977-57-553-7. 
• Nygren, P.; Leblanc, H. A.; Lu, M.; Gómez Luciano, C. A. (2012). "Distribution of coarse and fine roots of Theobroma cacao and shade tree Inga edulis in a cocoa plantation". Annals of Forest Science. 70 (3): 229. doi:10.1007/s13595-012-0250-z. 
• Gómez L., C. -A.; Leblanc, H.; Nygren, P. (2009). "Distribución de raíces finas de Inga edulis y Theobroma cacao en el suelo de un sistema agroforestal orgánico". Tierra Tropical: Sostenibilidad, Ambiente y Sociedad. 5 (2): 141–151. ISSN 1659-2751. 

Prizes

• Premio de Poesía Biblioteca W.K. Kellog 2007 for "Ha vuelto el agua"
• Blog Distinguido de la Literatura Dominicana at the Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo 2008.^[18]

References

External links

• Official blog
• GoogleScholar Profile
• BioEconomista e Poeta Cristino Gomez Ospite a Sant'Anna
• Cristino Alberto Gómez (some poems)
• Interview for TIG