Iván Segarra Báez
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Iván Segarra Báez (July 10, 1967 – October 19, 2022) was a Puerto Rican novelist and poet. He wrote books of poems: ''Candela'' (1997), ''Entre tu cuerpo y mi alma'' (2000) and ''Hay veces que llora el mar'' (2001) and novels.


Works

Earned a PhD from the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe. Was an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Báez poetry books were being published since 1997 and include ''Candela'' (1997), ''Entre tu cuerpo y mi alma'' (2000) and ''Hay veces que llora el mar'' (2001). His first novel, ''El Guardián de la Lujuria'', was published in 2003. In Trento, Italy, the publishing house Edizioni Universum awarded him the ''Libro d' Oro, diploma di Merito'' for this work January 29, 2003. His second novel is titled ''La República del Generalísimo'' and was published in 2004. Báez's third book, published in 2005 is ''Ante la luz de un amor prohibido'' () and is a collection of four poems. Báez was the Director of ''Revista Literaria de Puerto Rico'', the Literary Magazine of Puerto Rico and a member of Grupo Embeleco Poético. His book ''Los hijos del desastre'', about a society that is destroyed by capitalism, was published in 2017.


Personal life

Báez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico on July 10, 1967 and died on October 19, 2022. He was buried at Cementerio Porta Coeli in
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See also

* List of Puerto Rican writers * List of Puerto Ricans * Puerto Rican literature


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* * 1967 births 2022 deaths People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican male writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers {{PuertoRico-bio-stub