Juan Bernardo Gutiérrez (born March 17, 1973) is an American mathematician and author of Colombian origin, known primarily for his theoretical and practical contributions in the field of

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Biography

Gutiérrez was born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. He graduated in 1996 with a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the

National University of Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Ces ...

. He moved to the United States in 2001. He graduated in 2009 with a Ph.D. in

mathematical biology Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development a ...

from

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

. Currently he is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 1996, at age 23, he won the international literary prize Carlos Castro Saavedra in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Colombia. That same year, he was awarded a National Grant in Literature by the Colombian Ministry of Culture to write the digital novel ''El Primer Vuelo de los Hermanos Wright'' (The First Flight of the Wright Brothers). In 1997 and 1998 he received two national grants from the Bogotan Institute of Culture to write the digital novel ''Condiciones Extremas'' (Extreme Conditions). These two novels are regarded as the first hypertextual novels in the Spanish language. Gutiérrez developed the literary hypertext authoring system known as Literatronica, which uses an AI engine to adapt the narrative pieces to readers based upon their interaction with the system.

Bibliography in English

* ''Extreme Conditions'', Version 3, 2005. Digital novel published i
Literatronica.com
* ''The First Flight of the Wright Brothers'', Version 2, 2006. Digital novel published i
Literatronica.com
He has also published in Spanish several short stories, a story book, the same two novels referenced, and scholarly articles.

References

External links

Juan B Gutiérrez web page at the University of Texas at San Antonio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Juan Bernardo 1973 births Living people People from Bogotá Colombian emigrants to the United States Colombian civil engineers Colombian male writers Florida State University alumni American electronic literature writers