Luis López Nieves

Infobox writer
name = Luis López Nieves


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birthdate = 1950
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occupation = Writer, Professor
nationality = Puerto Rican
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genre = Novel, Short Story
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notableworks = "Voltaire's Heart"; "Seva"; "The True Death of Juan Ponce de León"
spouse = Mara Daisy Cruz
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awards = National Literature Prize (Twice: in 2000 and in 2005)


website = http://www.ciudadseva.com/

Luis López Nieves (born in 1950) is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical short stories " [http://www.ciudadseva.com/libros/ponce.htm The True Death of Juan Ponce de León] "; second, in 2005, with his novel " [http://www.ciudadseva.com/libros/voltaire.htm Voltaire's Heart] ". He has published two other books which include "Seva", one of Puerto Rico's most influential short stories, and " [http://www.ciudadseva.com/libros/rafa.htm Writing for Rafa] ". His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies.

Education and career

López Nieves created and is the current director of the first and only Master's Program in Creative Writing of Puerto Rico, at the Sacred Heart University, in San Juan. He also founded and directs Ciudad Seva Digital Library ( [http://www.ciudadseva.com Ciudad Seva] ), that has received more than 17.1 million visitors from all over the world (in September, 2008).

López Nieves has a BA in General Studies from the University of Puerto Rico; also an MA in Hispanic Literature and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, both from State University of New York at Stony Brook.

He has collaborated with several newspapers and written two TV miniseries. He has also written the scripts for important PSA advertisements. He has been visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and was a Ford Foundation Fellow.

Currently he is regular columnist of the largest newspaper in Puerto Rico, "El Nuevo Día".

Publications

His books "The True Death of Juan Ponce de León" (2000) and "Voltaire's Heart" (2005) have won the National Literature Prize. Additional books he has published include "Seva", one of Puerto Rico's most renowned and best selling books, and "Writing for Rafa". His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies.

Bibliography

Novels

* "El corazón de Voltaire", 2005, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. ("Voltaire's Heart".)
* "El corazón de Voltaire", 2007, Belacqva, Spain. ("Voltaire's Heart".)

hort stories

* "Seva" (one of Puerto Rico's most celebrated short stories), 1984, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia.

* "Escribir para Rafa", 1987, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. ("Writing for Rafa".)

* "La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de León", 2000, Grupo Editorial Norma, Colombia. ("The True Death of Juan Ponce de León".)

hort story anthologies

* "El cuento hispanoamericano" (Seymour Menton, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, Seventh Edition, 2003).123
* "El cuento hispanoamericano en el siglo XX" (Fernando Burgos, Editorial Castalia, Madrid, 1997).

* "El muro y la intemperie: El nuevo cuento latinoamericano" (Julio Ortega, Ediciones del Norte, New Hampshire, USA, 1989).

* "Cuentos para ahuyentar el turismo" (Vitalina Alfonso y Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, Editorial Arte y Literatura, La Habana, Cuba, 1991).

* "Writing Between the Lines" (Bowen & Weigel, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, USA, 1997).

* "Die Horen" (Wilfried Böhringer, Germany, Year 42, 3rd Quarter, Edition 187, 1997).

* "Los nuevos caníbales: Antología de la más reciente cuentística del caribe hispano" (Bobes, Valdez y Gómez Beras, Editorial Isla Negra -joint publishing with Ediciones Unión/Cuba and Editorial Búho/Dominican Republic-, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000).

ee also

*List of Puerto Rican writers
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican literature

External links

* [http://www.ciudadseva.com Ciudad Seva]
* [http://www.sevavive.com Seva Vive]
* [http://www.ciudadseva.com/obra/m-eng.htm Bibliography about López Nieves IN ENGLISH]
* [http://www.ciudadseva.com/datos/ Datos Personales]
* [http://www.ciudadseva.com/obra/1menu.htm Bibliografía sobre la obra de López Nieves]