Luis Chaves

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Not to be confused with Louis Chaves.
Luis Chaves
Born1969
translator
NationalityCosta Rican

Luis Chaves (born in 1969), is a

Costa Rican poet, considered one of the leading figures in contemporary Costa Rican poetry.[1]

Life and career

After studying Agronomy at the University of Costa Rica, Chaves began to work as a free-lance writer. His first collection of poems, El Anónimo, was published by Editorial Guayacán in 1996. In 1997 his second poetry collection, Los animales que imaginamos, won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Poetry Award.

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ascoli Piceno.[citation needed] In 2009, Ediciones Perro Azul
published an expanded, commemorative edition of Historias Polaroid and Asfalto in a single volume. In 2010 Chaves published two collections of prose: El mundial 2010. Apuntes, published by Germinal,[8] which contains chronicles of every game of the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa; and 300 Páginas. Prosas, published by Lanzallamas,[9] which includes Chaves's press articles written for different magazines and newspapers in Costa Rica and abroad between 2002 and 2010.[10] Chaves was editor of Los Amigos de lo Ajeno, a poetry magazine distributed mainly in Costa Rica and Argentina.

Works

Poetry

  • El Anónimo / The Anonymous (1996)
  • Los animales que imaginamos / The Animals We Imagine (1997)
  • Historias Polaroid / Polaroid Stories (2001)
  • Cumbia / Cumbia (2003)
  • Chan Marshall / Chan Marshall (2005)
  • Asfalto. Un Road Poem / Asphalt. A Road Poem (2006)

Prose

  • El mundial 2010. Apuntes / The 2010 World Cup. Notes (2010)
  • 300 páginas / 300 Pages (2010)

Anthologies

  • Antología de la nueva poesía costarricense / Anthology of the New Costa Rican Poetry (2001)

References

  1. ^ ""Los poetas no buscan llenar un estadio para leer unos versos"". 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Noticias de deportes en Costa Rica".
  3. ^ "Noticias de deportes en Costa Rica".
  4. ^ http://terranoticias.terra.es/articulo/html/av225180.htm
  5. ^ "Noticias de deportes en Costa Rica".
  6. ^ "Smerillo". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  7. ^ "Noticias de deportes en Costa Rica".
  8. ^ "Editorial germinal s.a." Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  9. ^ "Ediciones Lanzallamas - ¿Quiénes somos?". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  10. ^ "Luis Chaves resume sus andanzas por la vida en 300 páginas - ALDEA GLOBAL:: - nacioncom". www.nacion.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20.

External links

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Book reviews

  • Chan Marshall, reviewed by Ana Wajszczuk [1]
  • Asfalto. Un Road Poem, reviewed by Clara Astiasarán [2]
  • 300 Páginas. Prosas reviewed by María Montero [3]

Interviews

  • Interview with Luis Chaves [4] (El Día de Córdoba)
  • Entrevista: Luis Chaves, (La Nación, Costa Rica) [5]

Other

  • Tetrabrik—official blog of Luis Chaves (Spanish)
  • Profile of Luis Chaves in Cosmopoética
  • Poems by Luis Chaves [6] (Afinidades Electivas - Costa Rica)
  • Luis Chaves: Unos hacen los zapatos otros escriben, an article by Ana Wajszczuk and poems from Chan Marshall[7]
  • 300 Páginas. Prosas, in Amazon.com [8]
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