José Luis Rodríguez Pittí
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí | |
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 José Luis Rodríguez Pittí at Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair 2014.. | |
| Born | 29 March 1971 Panama City, Panama |
| Occupation | Writer, photographer, professor |
| Nationality | Panama |
| Genre | Fiction, Essays, Short stories, poetry, Documentary photography |
| Relatives | Jose Luis Rodriguez Velez (composer), Mario Augusto Rodríguez (writer) |
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José Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a contemporary writer, videoartist and documentary photographer [1].
Biography
Rodríguez Pittí was born in Panama City in 29 March 1971. He grew up in Mexico City, Santiago de Veraguas and Panamá City. He is resident of Toronto, Canada [2][3].
He is the author of short stories, poems and essays.[4][5][6] Rodríguez Pittí is author of the books "Panamá Blues" (Panamá, 2010, ISBN 978-9962-683-02-5), "miniTEXTOS" (Flash fiction anthology, Panamá, 2008), "Sueños urbanos" (Panamá, 2008, ISBN 9962-00-473-X) and "Crónica de invisibles" (Panamá, 1999, ISBN 9962-802-06-7). Most of his stories and essays were published in literary magazines and newspapers.
In 1994, the Universidad de Panamá awarded him with the Premio "Darío Herrera". 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) [7]
President of the Writers Association of Panama from 2008 to 2010 [8]. Founder and President of Fundación El Hacedor (since 2007) [9].
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", "Cuadernos de Azuero", and "Noche de carnaval". Other photography essays are "De diablos, diablicos y otros seres de la mitología panameña" and "Regee Child". In 1994 he won the Premio Canon "Día de la Tierra". Some of his photographs are cover art of books published in Panamá. His work has been exhibited in Panamá, México, Canadá and Italy [10].
Graduated from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, was Computer Vision, Programming Languages and Deep Learning Professor [11] at the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá and Universidad Santa María la Antigua.
Awards and Honors
- 1994, Premio "Darío Herrera" de Literatura otorgado por la Universidad de Panamá
- 1999, Accésit, Concurso de Cuento "Amadis de Gaula" otorgado en Soria (España)
- 1998, Accésit, Premio Nacional de Cuento "José María Sánchez" 1998 otorgado en Panamá
- 1993, Finalista, Premio "Signos" de Joven Literatura 1993 otorgado en Panamá
Works
Fiction
- Sueños urbanos (2008, 2010)
- Crónica de invisibles (1999)
- Panamá Blues (2010)
Photo Essays
- Reggae Child (2010)
- De diablos, diablicos y otros seres de la mitología panameña (2010)
- El camino de la cruz (2010)
- Cuadernos de Azuero (2010)
Machine learning
- Fundamentos de Redes Neuronales (1994, 2010) - Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks
- Visión de Máquina (1994, 2010) - Computer Vision
Anthologies
- Tierra breve. Antología centroamericana de minificción (Ed. Federico Hernández). San Salvador, El Salvador: Índole Editores, 2017.
- Latinoamérica en breve (Ed. Sergio Gaut vel Hartman). México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, 2016.
- Aquí hay dragones (Ed. Alberto Sánchez Argüello). Managua, Nicaragua: Parafernalia Ediciones, 2016.
- MICROLAT. Antología de microficciones latinoamericanas (Editor: Sergio Gaut vel Hartman). México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de México, 2016.
- Mensajes 12 (Antología literaria) (Ed. A. Barría Alvarado). Panamá: Editorial Santillana, 2012.
- Tiempo al tiempo. Nuevos cuentistas de Panamá: 1990-2012. (Short-stories) (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Panamá: Universal Books, 2012.
- Con solo tu nombre y un poco de silencio (Poetry) (Ed. Héctor Collado). Panamá: Editorial Tecnológica, 2012.
- Mundo 21 (Ed. Samaniego; Rodríguez; De Alarcón). Boston: Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-547-17131-9, 2010.
- miniTEXTOS (Ed. JL Rodríguez Pittí). El Hacedor, Panamá, 2010.
- Cuento que te quiero cuento (Ed. F. Morales de Castillo). 9Signos, Panamá, 2007.
- Sueño compartido (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Universal Books, Panamá, 2005.
- La minificción en Panamá (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia, 2003.
- Panamá cuenta (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Editorial Norma, Panamá, 2003.
- Hasta el sol de mañana (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Fundación Signos, Panamá, 1998.
External links
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti – Information about the author in the database maintained by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (in Spanish).
- Noticias: literatura en Panamá – Weekly newsletter from the Asociación de Escritores de Panamá (in Spanish).
- miniTEXTOS.org – Very short stories, poems and essays, presented by the author (in Spanish).
- El Hacedor – Literary foundation created by the author, responsible of the Arts and Literature Festival at Veraguas (in Spanish).
- la hoja – Radio program about the author (in Spanish).
- Hacia una literatura de las muchas culturas – Essay about the contemporary literature in Panamá (in Spanish).
- A 468 años del primer cuento "panameño" – Essay about the history of the short-story genre in Panamá (in Spanish).
- Piel de tigre – Short stories, essays and photographs by the author (in Spanish).
- ZoneZero – Photographic portfolio by the author.
- Guatemala Times – Guatemala Book Fair and The Writers Meeting.
- Portfolio – Photographic portfolio by Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti.
References
- ^ «Directorio de escritores vivos de Panamá». Panamá: Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá.
- ^ Bethancourt, Minerva (2009). «Literary production in search of new horizons». The Panama Post.
- ^ Lombana, Cristina (2016). «Café 10». Panamá: Radio 10.
- ^ Carbonell, José Antonio (2004). Ciudad y literatura. Bogotá: Convenio Andrés Bello.
- ^ Morales, Fulvia (2007). Cuento que te quiero cuento. Panamá: 9Signos.
- ^ Jaramillo Levi, Enrique (2003). La minificción en Panamá. Bogotá: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
- ^ Jaramillo Levi, Enrique (2001). «Premio Maga de cuento corto». Revista Maga.
- ^ Monroy, Mireya (2007). «Gremio Literario Panameño». Diario La Prensa.
- ^ Domínguez, Daniel (2008). «El artista y la sociedad». Diario La Prensa.
- ^ Domínguez, Daniel (2012). «Resultados de una muestra». Diario La Prensa.
- ^ Rosenshain, Rella (2008). «Convergencia por las letras». Diario La Prensa.
| International | |
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Panamanian poets
- Male poets
- Panamanian essayists
- Male essayists
- Panamanian photographers
- Panamanian short story writers
- Male short story writers
- Panamanian male writers
- Panamanian novelists
- Male novelists
- Contemporary artists
- People from Panama City
- Computer systems engineers
- Postmodern writers
- Mexican video artists
- Book artists
- Documentary photographers