- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí
Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti (
Panamá ,1971 ) is a contemporary writer and documentary photographer.Author of short stories, poems and essays, published the books "Minitextos" (Flash Fiction Anthology, 2008), "Sueños urbanos" (2007), "Crónica de invisibles" (1999) and "Sueños" (1994). Most of his stories and essays were published in literary magazines and newspapers. Some of his stories were selected to be part of the anthologies "Hasta el sol de mañana" (1998), "Panamá cuenta" (2003), "La minificción en Panamá" (2003), "Sueño compartido" (2005) and "Cuento que te quiero cuento" (2007).
In 1994, the [http://www.up.ac.pa Universidad Nacional de Panamá] awarded him with the Premio "Darío Herrera" for his book "Sueños". Other literary honors received are Accesit in the Premio Nacional "Signos" 1993 (Panamá), Concurso Nacional de Cuentos "José María Sánchez" 1998 (Panamá), Concurso "Amadís de Gaula" 1999 (Soria, España) and the Concurso "Maga" de Cuento Corto 2001 (Panamá).
President of the Writers Association of Panama. In 2005 was elected President of the
Congreso de Escritoras y Escritores de Centroamérica 2005 .From 1990 to 1995 he traveled extensively in the Panamanian region of
Azuero to collect stories and photograph, the body of three photo essays: "Viernes Santo en Pesé", "Azuero", and "Noche de carnaval". In 1994 he won the [http://www.canon.com Premio Canon "Día de la Tierra"] . Some of his photographs are cover art of books published in Panamá.Graduated from the [http://www.utp.ac.pa Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá] , was Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Professor at the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá and [http://www.usma.ac.pa Universidad Santa María la Antigua] .
External links
* [http://www.pa/secciones/escritores/rodriguez_pitti_jose_luis.html Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti] — Information about the author in the database maintained by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (in Spanish).
* [http://www.escritorespanama.com/ Noticias: literatura en Panamá] — Weekly newsletter from the Asociación de Escritores de Panamá (in Spanish).
* [http://www.minitextos.org miniTEXTOS.org] — Very short stories, poems and essays, presented by the author (in Spanish).
* [http://lahoja.blogspot.com/2007/03/radio-bemba-poesa-en-la-calle-y-jos.html la hoja] — Radio program about the author (in Spanish).
* [http://www.letralia.com/108/ensayo02.htm Hacia una literatura de las muchas culturas] — Essay about the contemporary literature in Panamá (in Spanish).
* [http://www.usma.ac.pa/web/DI/Profesores/ArielBarria/Art%C3%ADculos/El%20cuento%20paname%C3%B1o,%20de%20la%20Colonia%20a%20la%20Rep%C3%BAblica.pdf A 468 años del primer cuento "panameño"] — Essay about the history of the short-story genre in Panamá (in Spanish).
* [http://www.pieldetigre.com Piel de tigre] — Short stories, essays and photographs by the author (in Spanish).
* [http://www.zonezero.com/comunity/portfolios/documental/pitti/1en.html ZoneZero] — Photographic portfolio by the author.
* [http://www.guatemala-times.com/business/local/72-local/262-filgua-2008.html Guatemala Times] — Guatemala Book Fair and The Writers Meeting.
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