Lourdes Vázquez

Lourdes Vázquez
Born Puerto Rico
Occupation Short story writer, novelist, poet, essayist
Nationality Puerto Rican
Notable works Bestiary: Selected Poems 1986-1997
Not Myself Without You

Lourdes Vázquez is a writer born in Puerto Rico and a resident of the United States.[1][2] Her poetry, short stories and essays have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers.[3] Many of her works have been translated into Catalan, English, French, Galician, Italian, Mixtec, Portuguese, Romanian, and Swedish. She is a member of the PEN American Center and of the Poetry Project and also an Honorable Board Member of Center for Latino Arts and Culture at Rutgers University. She is a Librarian Emeritus of Rutgers University, where she worked for many years.[4] Vázquez was awarded an Honorable Mention for the National Poetry Series 2014 Paz Prize for Poetry as well as an Honorable Mention for the Premio Nacional Luis Lloréns Torres, Casa de los Poetas, 2014 (PR). She was selected as Judge for the BorderSenses Literary Prize in Fiction, 2014.

Collaborations

Vázquez has collaborated with an group of artists. Some of these collaborations include the artist's book, Salmos del cuerpo ardiente by Consuelo Gotay (2007) and the videos Meche en doble luna llena (2006) by Adál Maldonado and Cat = Cat (2006) by Andrea Hasselager. She has also collaborated twice with Yarisa Colón Torres: Cibeles que sueña=Cybele, As She Dreams (35 copies, measuring 10" length x 6" width, translated by Enriqueta Carrington) and The Tango Files (35 copies, January 6, 2014, front cover by Yarisa Colón).

Awards

Vázquez's book Las Hembras (1987) was selected by Puerto Rican critics as one of the Puerto Rican ten best books of the year and Aterrada de cuernos y cuervos, a biography of the poet Marina Arzola, received the same distinction in 1990. In 2001, Vázquez was awarded the "50 Most Distinguished Latinas in the Tri-State Area Award" by El Diario-La Prensa newspaper (NY). She was the winner of the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (France) in 2002. In 2004, her Bestiary: Selected Poems 1986-1997 received an Honorable Mention in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards. Bestiary was selected also as one of the "May–June 2004 Picks" by the Small Press Review. Her novel Sin ti no soy yo is part of The New Essential Guide to Spanish Reading (2012), compiled by the organization, America Reads Spanish and its English translation Not Myself Without You was selected as part of LatinoStories.com's "2013 Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch".[5]

Archives

In 2008 the Library and Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies / CUNY invited her to donate her documents.

Publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lourdes Vázquez's Biography." Voices e/Magazine: Letras (Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College) 1 (2010).
  2. ↑ Vázquez, Lourdes. "A Brief History of My Country." Translated by Robert M. Fedorchek. In Caribbean Creolization: Reflections on the Cultural Dynamics of Language, Literature, and Identity, eds. Kathleen M. Balutansky and Marie-Agnes Sourieau. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998. ISBN 0813015588.
  3. ↑ "Latino/Hispanic Authors and Writers: Lourdes Vázquez." TheLatinoAuthor.com (Laguna Hills, CA).
  4. ↑ Frank, Douglas. "Stories from a 'Caribbean in exile.'" Rutgers Focus (Dec. 10, 1999), retrieved April 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 Top Ten "New" Latino Authors to Watch (and Read)."". LatinoStories.com. July 11, 2014.

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