Álvaro Torres-Calderón Cisneros (born on 18 April 1975) is a Peruvian
poet and associate professor.
Biography
Torres-Calderón was born in
Lima, Peru in 1975.
He obtained his degree in Law and Political Science from the
University of Lima, Peru.
She attended the
University of Memphis, Tennessee where she graduated with a master's degree in Romance Languages with a concentration in Spanish. He received his doctorate in Latin American Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries from
Florida State University
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.
He has been recognized as member of a new generation of poets in his country. His book of poems ''Claroscuro'' talks about his childhood, adolescence and questions about life. It has references to magical beings such as angels, demons and fairies.
He is also a lawyer and studied in his native country and in Spain. Torres-Calderón received his doctorate in literature and
Romance languages in the United States.
Torres-Calderón has participated in the publication of the book ''Alejo Carpentier Ante la Crítica'', Caracas: Monte Avila, 2005, with his article "Alejo Carpentier y el Hombre Fronterizo: Una Constante en el Reino de Este Mundo". He also published in the U.S. a set of poems called ''Spells'' at the Stonepile Writers Anthology from the
North Georgia College & State University Press in November 2010. He has contributed to the Peruvian literary journal ''Tinta Expresa'' with the article "Nación, Identidad y Frontera en la Prosa de Clorinda Matto de Turner". Torres-Calderón has participated in several national and international literary conferences as well as interviews in Peruvian newspapers and a radio presentation of his creative works (December 2010). He has performed and assisted in many theatrical works at college and university level and performed musically at the same level. His interests include Integration Law, Latin-American female writers of the 19th century,
, and Latin American civilization.
References
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Living people
1975 births
21st-century Peruvian poets
Peruvian male poets
21st-century male writers
University of Memphis alumni
Florida State University alumni
University of Lima alumni
Writers from Lima