José Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a contemporary writer, videoartist and documentary photographer.

Biography

Rodríguez Pittí was born in

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on 29 March 1971. He grew up in

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, Santiago de Veraguas and Panamá City. He is resident of

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, Canada. He is the author of short stories, poems and essays. Rodríguez Pittí is author of the books "Panamá Blues" (Panamá, 2010, ), "miniTEXTOS" (

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anthology, Panamá, 2008), "Sueños urbanos" (Panamá, 2008, ) and "Crónica de invisibles" (Panamá, 1999, ). Most of his stories and essays were published in literary magazines and newspapers. In 1994, the

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awarded him with the Premio "Darío Herrera". Other literary honors received are Accesit in the Premio Nacional "Signos" 1993 (Panamá), Concurso Nacional de Cuentos "José María Sánchez" 1998 (Panamá), Concurso "Amadís de Gaula" 1999 (Soria, España) and the Concurso "Maga" de Cuento Corto 2001 (Panamá) President of the Writers Association of Panama from 2008 to 2010. Founder and President of Fundación El Hacedor (since 2007). From 1990 to 1995 he traveled extensively in the Panamanian region of Azuero to collect stories and photograph, the body of three photo essays: "Viernes Santo en Pesé", "Cuadernos de Azuero", and "Noche de carnaval". Other photography essays are "De diablos, diablicos y otros seres de la mitología panameña" and "Regee Child". In 1994 he won the Premio Canon "Día de la Tierra". Some of his photographs are cover art of books published in Panamá. His work has been exhibited in Panamá, México, Canadá and Italy. Graduated from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, was Computer Vision, Programming Languages and Deep Learning Professor Rosenshain, Rella (2008). «Convergencia por las letras». Diario La Prensa. at the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá and Universidad Santa María la Antigua.

Awards and honors

* 1994, Premio "

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" de Literatura otorgado por la

* 1999, Accésit, Concurso de Cuento " Amadis de Gaula" otorgado en

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(España) * 1998, Accésit, Premio Nacional de Cuento " José María Sánchez" 1998 otorgado en Panamá * 1993, Finalista, Premio "Signos" de Joven Literatura 1993 otorgado en Panamá

Works

Fiction

* Sueños urbanos (2008, 2010) * Crónica de invisibles (1999) * Panamá Blues (2010)

Photo Essays

* Reggae Child (2010) * De diablos, diablicos y otros seres de la mitología panameña (2010) * El camino de la cruz (2010) * Cuadernos de Azuero (2010)

Machine learning

* Fundamentos de Redes Neuronales (1994, 2010) - Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks * Visión de Máquina (1994, 2010) - Computer Vision

Anthologies

* 'Latinoamérica cuenta' (Ed. Renato Sandoval Bacigalupo). Bogotá, Colombia: Editorial Tragaluz, 2021. * 'Minimundos' (Ed. Eliana Soza Martínez y Karla Barajas). Lima, Perú: Dendro Editores, 2021. * 'Historias mínimas' (Ed. Franz Gutierrez). Lima, Perú: Dendro Ediciones. 2020. * 'Aquí hay dragones' (Editor: Alberto Sánchez Argüello). Gainesville, FL, EEUU: La Pereza Ediciones, 2020. * 'Tierra breve. Antología centroamericana de minificción' (Ed. Federico Hernández). San Salvador, El Salvador: Índole Editores, 2017. * 'Latinoamérica en breve' (Ed. Sergio Gaut vel Hartman). México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, 2016. * 'Aquí hay dragones' (Ed. Alberto Sánchez Argüello). Managua, Nicaragua: Parafernalia Ediciones, 2016. * 'MICROLAT. Antología de microficciones latinoamericanas' (Editor: Sergio Gaut vel Hartman). México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de México, 2016. * 'Mensajes 12' (Antología literaria) (Ed. A. Barría Alvarado). Panamá: Editorial Santillana, 2012. * 'Tiempo al tiempo. Nuevos cuentistas de Panamá: 1990-2012'. (Short-stories) (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Panamá: Universal Books, 2012. * 'Con solo tu nombre y un poco de silencio' (Poetry) (Ed. Héctor Collado). Panamá: Editorial Tecnológica, 2012. * 'Mundo 21' (Ed. Samaniego; Rodríguez; De Alarcón). Boston: Cengage Learning, 2010. * 'miniTEXTOS' (Ed. JL Rodríguez Pittí). El Hacedor, Panamá, 2010. * 'Cuento que te quiero cuento' (Ed. F. Morales de Castillo). 9Signos, Panamá, 2007. * 'Sueño compartido' (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Universal Books, Panamá, 2005. * 'La minificción en Panamá' (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia, 2003. * 'Panamá cuenta' (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Editorial Norma, Panamá, 2003. * 'Hasta el sol de mañana' (Ed. E. Jaramillo Levi). Fundación Signos, Panamá, 1998.

External links

Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti
– Information about the author in the database maintained by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (in Spanish).
Noticias: literatura en Panamá
– Weekly newsletter from the Asociación de Escritores de Panamá (in Spanish).
miniTEXTOS.org
– Very short stories, poems and essays, presented by the author (in Spanish).
El Hacedor
– Literary foundation created by the author, responsible of the Arts and Literature Festival at Veraguas (in Spanish).

– Radio program about the author (in Spanish).

– Essay about the contemporary literature in Panamá (in Spanish).
A 468 años del primer cuento "panameño"
– Essay about the history of the short-story genre in Panamá (in Spanish).
Piel de tigre
– Short stories, essays and photographs by the author (in Spanish).

– Photographic portfolio by the author.

– Guatemala Book Fair and The Writers Meeting.
Portfolio
– Photographic portfolio by Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti.

References

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