Mateo Morrison
Mateo Morrison | |
|---|---|
| Mateo Morrison in 2012 Mateo Morrison in 2012 | |
| Born | April 14, 1946 |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Genre | Drama, Romantic |
| Children | Milton Morrison |
Mateo Morrison Fortunato (born 14 April 1946) is a Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist. He won the Premio Nacional de Literatura of the Dominican Republic in 2010.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Morrison is the son of Egbert Morrison, a native of Jamaica, and Efigenia Fortunato. He studied at the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Cultural Development in Venezuela, majoring in Cultural Management. He started the Cesar Vallejo Literary Workshop in the latter part of the 1970s and, in 2010, became the twentieth recipient of the Premio Nacional de Literatura, being honored especially for his poetry.[2] He was director of the Department of Culture of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and has served as the Sub-Secretary of Culture for the Dominican Republic since his appointment in 2008 by Leonel Fernández.
Selected works
[edit | edit source]- Abril del ’65 : Visión Poética, Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias (2000) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Pablo Neruda y Su Presencia, Camara Dominicano del Libro (2004) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Un Silencio que Camina : Novela, Editora Búho (2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Estático en la Memoria y Otros Textos, Santuario (2009) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Política Cultural, Legislación y Derechos Culturales en República Dominicana, Ediciones de la Secretaría de Estado de Cultura (2009) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- El Abrazo de las Sombras, Santuario (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Hoy: Premio Nacional Archived 2013-01-06 at archive.today(in Spanish)
- ^ El Nacional: Announcement of Prize and biography Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine(in Spanish)
External links
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