Fernando Valerio-Holguin

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Fernando Valerio-Holguin (born September 11, 1956), is a college professor at Colorado State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature and has conducted research on the Caribbean Diaspora,[1][2] slavery narrative, and post-modern hybridity among music, film, and literature.[3][4] He has published two poetry books, four books filled with short stories, along with many published essays on the topics of Caribbean culture,[5][6][7] literature,[8][9][10] and film.[11][12][13]

Early life and education[edit]

Valerio-Holguin was born in La Vega, Dominican Republic. He received a bachelor's degree in literature from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in 1982, a Master of Arts in Spanish American Literature from Tulane University in 1987, and a Doctor of Philosophy, also from Tulane, in Spanish American Literature and Literary Theory (1994), as a holder of a Fulbright Scholarship .

Career[edit]

Valerio-Holguin was hired in 1982 as assistant professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He remained in this position for three years. He also worked as a provisional professor at the same university from 1987 through 1991. In 1991, he became an assistant Spanish professor at Tulane University, moving in 1994 to Allegheny College, and in 1999, to Colorado State University. At Colorado State, he was promoted to associate professor in 2002 and to full professor in 2008.

An interview with Valerio-Holguin was included in the 2018 book Voces con Caudal by Carlos Enrique Cabrera.[14]

Books and Published Works (selected)[edit]

Anthology[edit]

  • Autoretratos (Poetry, 2002)
  • Las Eras Del Viento (Poetry, 2006)
  • Viajantes Insomnes (Short Stories, 1983)
  • Café Insomnia (Short Stories, 2002)
  • El Palacio de Eros (Short Stories, 2004)
  • Elogio de las Salamadras (Short Stories, 2006)
  • Retratos: palabras sobre lienzo[15]

Novels[edit]

  • Memorias del Ultimo Cielo (2002)[16]
  • Los Huespedes del Paraiso (2008)

Academic works[edit]

  • Poética de la frialdad: la narrativa de Virgilio Piñera. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1997.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roy Boland (2009). Trujillo, trauma, testimony: Mario Vargas Llosa, Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Díaz and other writers on Hispaniola. Antípodas. ISBN 978-84-86858-10-0.
  2. ^ Theorising the Ibero-American Atlantic. BRILL. 4 October 2013. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-90-04-25806-8.
  3. ^ Eugenio Matibag (16 May 2003). Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-1-4039-7380-1.
  4. ^ Sämi Ludwig (7 March 2017). American Multiculturalism in Context: Views from at Home and Abroad. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-4438-7482-3.
  5. ^ Lesley Wylie (28 October 2013). Colombia's Forgotten Frontier: A Literary Geography of the Putumayo. Liverpool University Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-1-78138-557-9.
  6. ^ Pena, Lorgia Garcia (2008). Dominicanidad in Contra (diction): Marginality, Migration and the Narration of a Dominican National Identity. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-549-81499-3.
  7. ^ Cécile Accilien; Jessica Adams; Elmide Méléance and Ulrick Jean-Pierre (January 2006). Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti. Educa Vision Inc. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-58432-293-1.
  8. ^ Danny Mendez (2008). In Zones of Contact (combat): Dominican Narratives of Migration and Displacements in the United States and Puerto Rico. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-549-64805-5.
  9. ^ "The Three Graces of Ana Lydia Vega". The Lascaux Review, Nov 5, 2013. by Alison McMahan
  10. ^ Jose Quiroga (November 2000). Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America. NYU Press. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-8147-6952-2.
  11. ^ "FERNANDO VALERIO-HOLGUÍN". Central CLA News and Events. Colorado State University. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  12. ^ Theorising the Ibero-American Atlantic. BRILL. 4 October 2013. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-90-04-25806-8.
  13. ^ Ruiz, Jean L. "Civilized People in Uncivilized Places". University of Saskatchewan. May 2006
  14. ^ "Remanso en color azul ". Carmenchu Brusíloff]. Listin Diario, 2018-01-08.
  15. ^ "Retratos: palabras sobre lienzo», de Fernando Valerio-Holguín". (review) Media Sla, August 2016
  16. ^ WorldCat record for Memorias del Ultimo Cielo
  17. ^ WorldCat record for Poética de la frialdad

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