Robin Santana

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name = Robin Santana


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birthdate = birth date and age|1968|10|01
birthplace = Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic
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nationality = Dominican American
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genre = Both Prose and Poetry
subject = Social life: poverty, magic, and love
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influences = Juan Bosh, Victor Hugo, Ernest Hemmingway, Nicolas Guillen, Abel Fernandez, and Rene del Risco
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Robin Santana Paulino (Born 1 October,1968 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), is a writer, graphic designer, freelance photographer and System Administrator.

Mr. Santana graduated from Guarionex Soto High school in Nizao in 1986. He then went on to complete his under-graduate studies at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in Santo Domingo, Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland, and Strayer University in Washington, DC. He studied photography at The New York Institute of Photography in Manhattan. He was co-founder of newspaper "El Municipio" in Nizao along with fellow poet Jesús María Santana and journalist Radhamés Perdomo Castro.

Mr. Santana worked for several years as a graphic artist for the well known Dominican newspaper Listín Diario.He was also editor of Excalibur, student newspaper of Montgomery College. He's currently the editor of [http://www.dongregorio.org/ "Don Gregorio Punto ORG"] , an online magazine and the unofficial home of the community of Don Gregorio.

Works

* Huerfano (1987)
* Mis Voces (1999), a collection of poems.
* Escaparate de la confusion (2007)
* Con Lágrimas de Sangre (2004)
* Cuentos Escritos en Noches de Luna Cuadrada (2006)
* Entre el Río y el Mar: a social study essay about the life in the town of Don Gregorio (2007)