Dionisio D. Martinez (born 7 April 1956), is a
Cuban-born
poet who grew up speaking Spanish, raised first in Spain, then in the United States.
His work has appeared in ''American Poetry Review'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''Georgia Review'', ''Iowa Review'', ''Kenyon Review'', ''New Republic'', ''Poetry'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Virginia Quarterly Review''.
He lives in
Tampa, Florida.
Awards
* 1993
Whiting Award
The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation
Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard E ...
* 1997
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
* 1998
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
* 1999
National Poetry Series, for ''Climbing Back''
Works
Books
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Poems
"Belated Valentine for Alina", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Winter 1995
* ttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=180567 "Tipping over the actuarial tables", ''Poetry Foundation''
See also
* Cuban American literature Cuban American literature overlaps with both Cuban literature and American literature, and is also distinct in itself. Its boundaries can blur on close inspection. Some scholars, such as Rodolfo J. Cortina, regard "Cuban American authors" simply as ...
* List of Cuban-American writers
References
External links
Profile at The Whiting Foundation
1956 births
Cuban male poets
Living people
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