| Luis López Nieves | |
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 Luis López Nieves |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Occupation | Writer, Professor |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Genres | Novel, Short Story |
| Notable work(s) | Voltaire's Heart; Seva; The True Death of Juan Ponce de León |
| Notable award(s) | National Literature Prize (Twice: in 2000 and in 2005) |
| Spouse(s) | Mara Daisy Cruz |
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Luis López Nieves (born in 1950) is one of the most influential and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical short stories The True Death of Juan Ponce de León; second, in 2005, with his novel Voltaire's Heart. He published two other books including Seva, and Writing for Rafa. His short stories have been published in Latin American and Spanish anthologies.
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López Nieves created and is the director of the first Master's Program in Creative Writing of Latin America, at the Sacred Heart University, in San Juan. He also founded and directs Ciudad Seva Digital Library (Ciudad Seva), that has received more than 22.6 million visitors from all over the world (in July, 2009).
López Nieves has a BA in General Studies from the University of Puerto Rico; also an MA in Hispanic Literature and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, both from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
He has collaborated with several newspapers and written two TV miniseries. He has written the scripts for PSA advertisements. He has been visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and was a Ford Foundation Fellow.
During two year he wrote his column Byzantine Letters (Cartas Bizantinas) in the largest newspaper of Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día.
His books The True Death of Juan Ponce de León (2000) and Voltaire's Heart (2005) have won the National Literature Prize. Additional books he has published include Seva, one of Puerto Rico's most renowned and best selling books, and Writing for Rafa. His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies. In 2009 he published his latest novel, Galileo's Silence (El silencio de Galileo), simultaneously in Spain and in Latin America.
"Firmly within the tradition of the weavers of legends, for whom truth is never an obstacle". Dr. Estelle Irizarry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
“López Nieves shows that he is as good a weaver of short tales as of a full-length novel”. Críticas Magazine, New York
"López Nieves distrusts historical truth to such a degree that he deposits unto fiction the task of its correction". The Miami Herald, Florida
"The great novelist of Puerto Rico". El Universal, Cartagena, Colombia
"He became a legendary controversy because of the truth of his lies". J.J. Armas Marcelo, ABC, Madrid, Spain
"The first novelist of Puerto Rico". Otro Lunes, Spain
"López Nieves has written one of those novels that create readers". Centro Virtual Cervantes, Madrid, Spain
"He has created urban legends that Puerto Ricans assume as historical truths". Roberto Ampuero, La Tercera, Chile
"Prepare yourself for a new way of reading". El Tiempo, Colombia
"A notable exponent of the new Puerto Rican literature". Revista Siete Días, Argentina
"He utilizes the epistolary genre to both trap us and distance us, and to enable us to perceive that all narration is simple fiction". Dr. Rubén Darío Jaimes, Universidad Central de Venezuela
"Luis López Nieves has captured a remarkable place in Hispanic American literature". Informa-Tico, Costa Rica
"A valuable author". La Capital, Rosario, Argentina
"He achieved consecration quickly with an original book that renews the epistolary genre". José Alcántara Almánzar, Santo Domingo Times, Dominican Republic
"One of the most idiosyncratic writers of Latin America". Ibsen Martínez, El Librero, Venezuela
"Luis López Nieves, better know as ‘the master of imposture’”. Listín Diario, Dominican Republic
"Master of intrigue". Primera Hora, Puerto Rico
"Author of ‘Seva’, one of the most renowned literary events of the last century". El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico
"López Nieves, artificer of the epistolary novel". El Vocero, Puerto Rico
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