Name: Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - an Anthology
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Author: Roberto Santiago
ISBN: 9780345395023

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Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - an Anthology

Type

Physical Book

Author

Roberto Santiago

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Year

1995

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.80

ISBN

0345395026

ISBN13

9780345395023

Edition No.

Synopsis "Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - an Anthology "

MANY CULTURES * ONE WORLD"Boricua is what Puerto Ricans call one another as a term of endearment, respect, and cultural affirmation; it is a timeless declaration that transcends gender and color. Boricua is a powerful word that tells the origin and history of the Puerto Rican people."--From the IntroductionFrom the sun-drenched beaches of a beautiful, flamboyan-covered island to the cool, hard pavement of the fierce South Bronx, the remarkable journey of the Puerto Rican people is a rich story full of daring defiance, courageous strength, fierce passions, and dangerous politics--and it is a story that continues to be told today. Long ignored by Anglo literature studies, here are more than fifty selections of poetry, fiction, plays, essays, monologues, screenplays, and speeches from some of the most vibrant and original voices in Puerto Rican literature. * Jack Agüeros * Miguel Algarín * Julia de Burgos * Pedro Albizu Campos * Lucky CienFuegos * Judith Ortiz Cofer * Jesus Colon * Victor Hern ndez Cruz * José de Diego * Martin Espada * Sandra Maria Esteves * Ronald Fernandez * José Luis Gonzalez * Migene Gonzalez-Wippler * Maria Graniela de Pruetzel * Pablo Guzman * Felipe Luciano * René Marqués * Luis Muñoz Marín * Nicholasa Mohr * Aurora Levins Morales * Martita Morales * Rosario Morales * Willie Perdomo * Pedro Pietri * Miguel Piñero * Reinaldo Povod * Freddie Prinze * Geraldo Rivera * Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. * Clara E. Rodriguez * Esmeralda Santiago * Roberto Santiago * Pedro Juan Soto * Piri Thomas * Edwin Torres * José Torres * Joseph B. Vasquez * Ana Lydia Vega

Roberto Santiago

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Roberto Santiago was born in Madrid in 1968. He studied Image and Sound at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid and Creative Writing at the School of Letters of Madrid.

He has been a television screenwriter, editor for advertising agencies in Madrid, music video director, and has published several novels. Among others, the Los Futbolísimos series, an editorial phenomenon that has become one of the best-selling children's literature collections in our country in recent years, and which has been translated into several languages.

His first novel, El ladrón de mentiras, was a finalist for the El Barco de Vapor Award. And he won the Edebè Award for Children's Literature with Jon y la máquina del miedo. He has recently started the saga Los forasteros del tiempo.

He has written and directed, among others, the films El penalti más largo del mundo (nominated for the Goya for Best Screenplay), El club de los suicidas (based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson), Al final del camino (filmed entirely on the Camino de Santiago), the international co-production El sueño de Iván (sponsored by Unicef for its values for children), or the independent horror comedy La Cosecha (award for best film at the Oregon Horror Festival). His short film Ruleta participated in the Official Section of the Cannes Festival. In addition, he has collaborated as director and screenwriter in several television series.

In theater, he has written the adaptations of Ocho apellidos vascos and El otro lado de la cama (Telón Award for Emerging Author). As well as the original texts Share 38 (Enrique Llovet Award), Desnudas (runner-up Sgae Award), La felicidad de las mujeres, Topos, El lunar de Lady Chatterley, or Adolescer 2055.

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