Janette Becerra (

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, 1965) is a Puerto Rican poet, writer, teacher and literary critic. She obtained an MA in comparative literature and a Ph.D. in Spanish literature at the

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. She has been a professor of Hispanic Studies at the

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since 2000. In 2011 she published a collection of stories titled ''Doce versiones de soledad ("Twelve versions of loneliness") ''(Ediciones Callejón), which received the First Prize of the

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of Puerto Rico and the Second prize in the contest of the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature in 2012''. Her work has been included in ''Anthology of Twentieth-Century Puerto Rican Literature'' (Puerto Rico, 2004), ''Perversions from Paradise'' (Spain, 2005), ''The faces of the hydra'' (Puerto Rico, 2008), ''Poetry of Puerto Rico: five decades'' (Venezuela, 2009), ''The Americas'' (Portugal, 2010), and ''In the Eye of the Hurricane'' (Editorial Norma, 2011). She has published poetry under the penname,“S. Tornasol.”

Bibliography

* ''Elusiones'' (2001). * ''Doce versiones de soledad'' (2011). * ''Antrópolis'' (2013). , awarded prize of $12,000 plus publication of her novel. * ''Ciencia imperfecta'' (2014). * ''La casa que soy'' (2014).

Writing on her Work

* Alegre Barrios, Mario. “La poesía como detonante”. ''El Nuevo Día'', 17 de marzo de 2002, p. 83. * Carpio, Alejandro. “La belleza y el retiro”. ''El Nuevo Día'', 18 de marzo de 2012. * Clavell, Manuel. “Aristas”, ''El Nuevo Día'', Revista Domingo, 25 de enero de 2004. * Hernández, Carmen Dolores. “Doce cuentos maestros y una ñapa: cuentos excepcionales con una escritura fascinante”. ''El Nuevo Día'', 11 de marzo de 2012. * Hernández, Carmen Dolores. "Literatura femenina en Puerto Rico". La Jornada Semanal 919, UNAM, 14 de octubre de 2012. * La Torre Lagares, Elidio
"Versiones de la soledad, según Janette Becerra".
* Lladó, Mónica

* López Baralt, Luce. “La poesía ante el espejo invertidor: las ''Elusiones'' y alusiones de Janette Becerra”, Revista ''La Torre'', Año VIII, núm. 28 (2004): 215-229. * Ramos Collado, Lilliana
El lado oscuro de la ciencia: "Ciencia imperfecta" de Janette Becerra
* Rivera, Juan Pablo

Ciberletras 31(Dic. 2013, Lehman College).

Awards

* "Premio Nuevas Voces", Festival de la Palabra 2013, Puerto Rico. October 2013. * International Short Story Award 2012 of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, for the "Ciencia imperfecta" storybook. June 2013. * Second National Literature Prize for ''Doce versiones de soledad''. Institute of Puerto Rican Literature (ex aequo with "La R de mi padre", Magali García Ramis). January 2013. * "

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" Prize of children's literature, Ediciones SM Puerto Rico, for the novel ''Antrópolis''. December 2012. * National Short Story Prize, Pen Club of PR for ''Doce versiones de soledad''. December 2012. * First prize in the XIV International Short Story Prize of the Gaceta de Salamanca Foundation, November 2009, Spain, with the story "Soledad perfecta". * "Doce versiones de soledad" selected amongst "The Ten Best Fiction Books of 2012." El Nuevo Día, December 31, 2012. * Story Contest Winner of El Nuevo Día 2011. * Finalist at the XXII International Narrative Short Award at UNED, 2011 (Madrid) with the story "Afición por los terrarios." * Mention of Honor in "Certamen de Poesía de El Nuevo Día" (March 2011). * Second prize at the IX International Short Story Award "Encarna León" of Melilla, Spain, with the story "El sastre", March 2010, Melilla (Spain).

References

External links

Elpozodelapalabra: blog of the author
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