Joaquín Badajoz is a
Cuban-American
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writer, editor and journalist.
Boards
Badajoz is a member of the
North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), the editorial board Glosas (ANLE), RANLE (ANLE) and OtroLunes. He has been a member of the boards of Cuadernos de ALDEEU (Spanish Professionals in America),
Vitral —recipient of prestigious
Prince Claus Award 1999— among others.
Authorship
He is one of the authors of the "Encyclopedia of Spanish in the United States", "Hablando (bien) se entiende la gente /Speaking Well Makes the World Go 'Round" (Spanish Edition), Aguilar; 1 edition (February 8, 2010); "Diccionario de Americanismos /Dictionary of Standardized Latin American Vocabulary" (Spanish Edition), Alfaguara (Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española) 1st edition (April 17, 2010); "The School of Night. Drawings by Arturo Rodriguez" (New York. Island Project, 2014). He is the author of "Passar Páxaros/ Casa Obscura, aldea sumergida" (ANLE/Hypermedia, 2014).
Other work
Badajoz has worked as Managing Editor for the Spanish versions of
Men's Health
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and
Prevention
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Health and medicine
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General safety
* Crime prevention, the attempt to reduce deter crime and crim ...
, as well as Executive Editor of '
Cosmopolitan en español', under a partnership with
Editorial Televisa. He was Front Page Editor of
Yahoo
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until 2015. As of May 2015, he is Digital Manager of
La Opinion
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Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
. He is a columnist art critic for
The Miami Herald
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, but is now based in
New York City
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. He resides in
Alphabet City
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,
Manhattan
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.
Articles
The Trojan Horse: Displacement and Resilience of the Uprooted Nation ArtPulse Magazine.
The Kid in a Candy Store: The Storyteller’s CrossroadsRobert Zuckerman
Exhibition Review: ArtPulse Magazine.
Arnaldo Simón and the disturbing images of Artvertising
ArtPulse Magazine.
Vincench vs. Vincench: A Dissident Dialogue from Cuba
ArtPulse Magazine.
“Beware of Strangers of the Persuasive Kind”
Tania Marmolejo
Tania Marmolejo (born September 5, 1975) is a Dominican born, Dominican Swedish American painter.
After studying Graphic Design and Illustration in the cities of Harstad and Kristiansand, Norway, Marmolejo graduated from Fine Arts and Illustrat ...
Review: Irreversible Magazine.
Veritas Feminae: a visual encyclical about the immanent feminineAlec Von Bargen
Review: Irreversible Magazine.
The melody of the devil is a candid whisper
On Eduardo Sarmiento's ''Burning in his own hell''. Exhibition catalogue, and curator, along with Carlos Luna.
Wonderland: The Many Images of MisrepresentationRafael Lopez-Ramos
Exhibition Review: Artdistricts Magazine.
Books
* Passar Páxaros/ Casa Obscura, aldea sumergida (Poetry/ Spanish): Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española/ Hypermedia, Colección Pulso Herido, 2014.
Translations
Cruzar el límite
Vol. 1, by Alegria, Malin, Pueblo Fronterizo Series. Originally published in English as "Border town: crossing the line". New York, NY, Scholastic, 2012. 184 p. Translated by Joaquín Badajoz. 2013 International Latino Book Award. Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book. SECOND PLACE ["The 2013 International Latino Book Awards recognized the first Border Town book with first place in the category of "Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book,' and the Spanish editions, 'Pueblo fronterizo #1: Cruzar el límite', earned second place in the same category." Cummings, Amy, and Cano, Tiffany]
Magical Realist Moments in Malín Alegría’s Border Town SeriesBookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
2014.
La lista de tontos
b
Translated by Joaquín Badajoz. Originally published in English as " The Loser List". New York, NY, Scholastic, 2012.
Guerra de quinceañeras
Vol. 2, by Alegria, Malin. Pueblo Fronterizo Series. Originally published in English as "Border town: Quince clash". Translated by Joaquín Badajoz. New York, NY. Scholastic Inc., 2013.
Ser María: Amor y Caos en el Bronx
by Manzano, Sonia. Originally published in English as "Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx". Translated by Joaquín Badajoz. New York, NY. Scholastic Inc., 2016.
References
External links
Academic Profile at Academia
Círculo de Poesía
(magazine).
* Fundación del Español Urgente
Ortografía Razonada: historia de un 'ortograficidio'
En la despensa y otros poemas
Revista Conexos (magazine).
Entrevista a Joaquín BadajozInstituto Castellano y Leonés de la Lengua
MiCastellano.tv (interview)
Joaquín Badajoz: "No todo lo que uno escribe es literatura", Interview by Glenda Galán
MediaIsla.
Interview by Glenda Galán
Dominicana en Miami (blog).
Gaspar El Lugareño (blog).
* Cabrera, Yoandy
Apuntes sobre unos versos de Joaquín Badajoz
El jardín de Academos (Cuaderno de Crítica y Poesía), 09/08/2013.
* Fernández Fe, Gerardo
Badajoz, en trineo, hacia la casa del poeta
Artes y Letras. El Nuevo Herald
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About ''el Nuevo ...
, 11/08/2014.
* Tamargo, Jorge
Los pájaros de Joaquín Badajoz
Encomio de la Imagen (blog), 10/22/2014.
Editor: Fernando Sabido.
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Living people
1972 births
Cuban male writers
American writers of Cuban descent
Cuban emigrants to the United States
American male journalists
American male poets
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers