Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967) is a
Honduran writer based in
Switzerland.
He writes for the newspaper ''The Herald of Honduras'' and collaborates with various literary magazines from
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
In 1996, he won the
Pablo Neruda Prize for his poetry collection ''De aquí en adelante...''
rom now on...(1996 - UPNH), and the Mari Paz Ovidi Premio Internacional de Cuentos
ari Paz Ovidi International Short Story Prize organized by the Australian publishing house Terra Austral, in 2005.
Published books: ''Cuentos para niños y niñas''
tories for little boys and little girls(Children's Stories Collection - UNICEF); ''El doblez de los espejos''
he fold in the mirrors(poetry); and ''Un ángel atrapado en el huracán''
n angel trapped in the hurricane(Topicornio Publishing), a story book that deals with the natural disasters caused by hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean, and portrays, through its characters and situations, the unfavourable human conditions experienced by the people of that region, with or without such natural tragedies, and the subsequent abandonment by Central American governments.
As well as producing novels and short stories, Abril Espinoza is also a playwright and scriptwriter. Several of his literary works and essays have been translated into some of the official languages of the European Union. He is one of
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
's more notable young writers.
Bibliography
* ''Un ángel atrapado en el huracán''
egucigalpa, Honduras? Editorial Tropicornio de Centroamérica, 2002.
References
External links
Sololiteratura.comBibliotecaquijosteca.com
Honduran male writers
Living people
1967 births
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