Julio Valle Castillo

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birthdate = August 10, 1952
birthplace = Masaya, Nicaragua
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occupation = poet, novelist, painter, essayist, literary critic and art critic
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debut_works = Las armas iniciales (1977)
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Julio Valle Castillo (b. August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.

Early life and career

Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Julio Valle Castillo | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.dariana.com/diccionario/julio_valle_castillo.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-20 | language = Spanish ] Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s. [cite news | first=Carlos | last=Tünnermann Bernheim | coauthors= | title=Julio Valle - Castillo | date= | publisher= | url =http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2002/agosto/10-agosto-2002/cultural/cultural2.html | work =El Nuevo Diario | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-20 | language = Spanish ] Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez, [cite book |author=Craven, David |title=Art and revolution in Latin America, 1910-1990 |publisher=Yale University Press |location= |year=2002 |pages=137 |isbn=0-300-08211-8 |oclc= |doi=] served as editor of "Poesia Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government. [cite book |author=Whisnant, David E. |title=Rascally signs in sacred places: the politics of culture in Nicaragua |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill |year=1995 |pages=204 |isbn=0-8078-4523-X |oclc= |doi=]

As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura (INC) (Nicaraguan Institute of Culture). [cite news | first=Eunice | last=Shade | coauthors= | title=“Hay democratización en la cultura” | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/02/13/variedades/12538 | work =El Nuevo Diario | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-21 | language = Spanish ]

Literary works

;Published [cite news | first=Marta | last=Leonor González | coauthors= | title=Julio Valle-Castillo, pajaritero mayor | date= | publisher= | url =http://www-ni.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2003/septiembre/20/literaria/ensayos/ | work =La Prensa Litararia | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-20 | language = Spanish]
*"Las armas iniciales" (1977)
*"Las primeras notas del laúd" (1977)
*"Formas migratorias" (1979)
*"Materia jubilosa" (1986)
*"Ronda tribal para el nacimiento de Sandino" (1981)
*"Con los pasos cantados" (1998)

;Poetry
*"Poetas modernistas de Nicaragua" (1978)
*"Rimbaud entre nosotros" (1993)
*"Poesía francesa / Traducciones nicaragüenses" (1993);
*"Hija del día / Artes poéticas nicaragüenses" (1994);
*"Nicaragua: cuentos escogidos" (1998)
*"Cuentos nicaragüenses" (2002)

;Essays
*"El inventario del paraíso" (1986)
*"La catedral de León de Nicaragua" (2000)
*"Las humanidades de la poesía nicaragüense" (2001)

;Novel
*"Réquiem en Castilla del Oro" (1966)

ee also

*Literature of Nicaragua
*Culture of Nicaragua

References

External links

* [http://www.dariana.com/diccionario/julio_valle_castillo.htm Julio Valle Castillo] - Dariana; Diccionario de escritores nicaragüenses es icon