Jaime Manrique
Jaime Manrique (16 June 1949 - ) Colombian American author, poet, and journalist.
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[edit] Background
Manrique was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida.
[edit] 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 of Reinaldo Arenas, Manuel Puig, and Federico García Lorca. In 1999 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.
[edit] Teaching career
He has taught creative writing at Mount Holyoke College, New York University, and The New School for Social Research. He is currently a professor in the M.F.A. program at Columbia University.
[edit] Select Works
- Our Lives Are the Rivers (2006)
- My Night with Federico García Lorca (2003)
- Eminent Maricones (1998)
- Twilight at the Equator (1997)
- Latin Moon in Manhattan (1992)
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Biography - HarperCollins
- Biography - glbtq.com
- Biography - Columbia University
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