Consuelo Hernández

Consuelo Hernández (born 1952) is a Colombian /U.S. poet, scholar, literary critic and Associate Professor of Latin American studies at American University since 1995.

She is a finalist at the International poetry contest of "Ciudad Melilla" in Spain and at the concurso “Letras de Oro” at the University of Miami. In 2003 she received an award from the Salvadoran Consulate in New York for her poetry work. In 2005 her poetry collection Manual de peregrina was included in the Special Library’s collection at American University. She has read her poetry in places such as The International Poetry Festival of Medellín, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Haskell Center. Folger Shakespeare Library, La Fundación Pablo Neruda in Chile, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University, University of Kentucky, City University of New York, University of Pecs in Hungary,and many other venues. Her poetry has been included in numerous anthologies in Latin America, Europe, Canada and the United States.

A worldwide traveler, since 1977 she left her native Colombia, lived in several countries and has visited more than thirty. She has earned a PhD from New York University, an MA from the Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela), and a BA from the Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia).^[1]

Academic distinctions

• Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, James Street Prize in recognition for Scholarly Excellence and the best article published in the 2011 Volume 24 of Latin American Essays
• Mentor Appreciation Certificate. Preparing Future Faculty Program to Help Doctoral and Master Students Meet the Responsibilities of Teaching, Research and Service. Arizona State University
• Celia Siegel Award for Excellence in Teaching. Graduate School of Sciences and Arts, New York University
• Ciarf Wagner Fellowship for Research Excellence. New York University
• Nominated for the Dr. Carol S. Russet Award. Westchester/Rockland Region of the American Council on Education/National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration
• Declared Honor Guest in El Salvador” by the Mayor and the Council. El Salvador
• NEH Summer scholarship. Claremont Graduate University, CA
• Scholarship Summer at El Escorial awarded by Universidad Complutense, Madrid Spain
• Graduate Student Award for Academic Achievement, New York University
• Graduate Faculty Award. American University.
• Elected Chair of the Spanish Department at Manhattanville College,1994

Poetry collections

• Voces de la soledad (1982)
• Solo de violin. Poemario para músicos y pintores (1997)
• Manual de peregrina (2004)
• Poemas de escombros y cenizas / Poems from Debris and Ashes (2006)

Books on literary criticism

• Álvaro Mutis: una estética del deterioro (1996)
• Voces y perspectivas en la poesía latinoamericana del siglo XX. Madrid: Visor Libros and Agencia Internacional de Cooperación Española (2009)

Notes and links

1. ^ "American University, Language and Foreign Studies Faculty". American University, Washington, D.C.. http://www.american.edu/lfs/faculty_hernandez.cfm. Retrieved 2008-07-31. 

References

• Álvaro Mutis. “Sísifo en tierra caliente. Introducción.” Una estética del deterioro. Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores Latinoamericana.
• Ariel Fernández. Letras Salvajes. Editor Alberto Martínez Márquez. No. 4, 2004. 1-7.
• Arturo García Ramos. Voces y perspectivas en la poesia latinoamericana del siglo XX"ABC de las letras y las artes. Madrid, October 24, 2009
• Mauricio Barrientos. “Introducción.” Manual de Peregrina. Pentagrama editores, 2003.
• Victor Fuentes Voces y perspectivas en la poesia latinoamericana del siglo XXEscribir en Español en los Estados Unidos. University of California. Santa Barbara: College editions, 2010.
• Tulio Mora. "Consuelo Hernández Solo de violín. Poemario para músicos y pintores" in Revista de Colombianistas. George Washington University. Washington, DC. No. 20. 68-70.
• Tulio Mora.“Consuelo Hernández. Sonido y color de la mujer." Cambio. Lima, Perú. July 12, 1998. pp. 18, 19.
• Herbert Tico Braun.“Tumbling Rivers. Introduction”.Poems from Debris and Ashes. Poemas de escombros y cenizas. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2006.
• Joseph Ross. “Poems from Debris and Ashes: A New Book from Consuelo Hernandez” April, 2008
• Oscar Castro.“La fascinación y el enigma en la poesía Latinoamericana del siglo XX". Estafeta del viento. Revista de La Casa de America, Madrid, 2011.
• Lila Zemborain.“Consuelo Hernández..Poems from Debris and Ashes. Poemas de escombros y cenizas. 2006.
• Ignacio Ruiz.“Manual de peregrina. ”. El español en Estados Unidos. Breve Antología literaria. Ventana abierta. Revista Latina de Literatura Arte y Cultura.Vol. IV, No 16, Vol. V. No. 17. Primavera / Otoño 2004. Universidad de California. Santa Bárbara
• Raúl Miranda Rico. “ Solo de violín. Poemario para músicos y pintores ”.Gaceta Iberoamericana. Enero- Febrero 1998.
• Oscar Castro García. “Álvaro Mutis: Una estética del deterioro por Consuelo Hernández. Estudios de Literatura Colombiana. Julio-Diciembre 1997. (Universidad de Antioquia). pp. 140–143;
• Amelia Mondragón. Revista de Estudios Colombianos. TM Editores & The George Washington University. No. 18, 1998. pp. 44–45;
• Clemencia Álvarez. Verbi Gratia. A literary Journal of Modern Languages. Catholic University. Volume 1, Spring 1998. pp. 30–31.
• Viviana Plotnik. Dispositio / Vol. XXI, No. 48. pp. 247–248.]

External links

• Lectura en 2008. Lectura de la poeta en Youtube
• [1] poetas jovenes maestros
• [2] book review of Voces y Perspectivas
• [3] Prólogo a la antología Muestra de poesía en Medellín
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