- Jaime Manrique
Jaime Manrique (
16 June ,1949 - )Colombian -American author, poet, and journalist.Background
Manrique was born in
Barranquilla ,Colombia and earned a B.A. from theUniversity of South Florida .Writing career
His first poetry volume won Colombia's National Poetry Award. Additionally, he received a
Guggenheim Fellowship to write his memoirs and has contributed to "Shade" (1996), a gay, black fiction anthology. He has also produced the non-fictional book, "Eminent Maricones" which explores the works ofReinaldo Arenas ,Manuel Puig , andFederico García Lorca .Teaching career
He has taught creative writing at
Mount Holyoke College ,New York University , andThe New School for Social Research . He is currently a professor in the M.F.A. program atColumbia University .elect Works
* "Our Lives Are the Rivers" (2006)
* "My Night with Federico García Lorca" (2003)
* "Eminente Maricones" (1998)
* "Twilight at the Equator" (1997)
* "Latin Moon in Manhattan" (1992)External links
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/29536/Jaime_Manrique/index.aspx Biography] - HarperCollins
* [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/manrique_j.html Biography] -glbtq.com
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/00/04/wang.html Biography] -Columbia University
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