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 electronic literature.

Biography

Gutiérrez was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He graduated in 1996 with a B.Sc. in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

from the National University of Colombia. He moved to the United States in 2001. He graduated in 2009 with a Ph.D. in mathematical biology from Florida State University. Currently he is a professor of mathematics at the

University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a Public university, public research university in San Antonio, Texas. With over 34,000 students across its four campuses spanning 758 acres, UTSA is the Education in San Antonio, largest universi ...

. In 1996, at age 23, he won the international literary prize Carlos Castro Saavedra in Medellín, 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 Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in th ...

. 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

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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