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
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Since 1997, the Fund has annually presented the international Prince Claus Awa ...
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) an
Cántaro(hypermedia americas, 2022).
Other work
Badajoz has extensive experience in the publishing industry. He served as Managing Editor for the Spanish editions of
Men's Health
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Started as a men's health magazin ...
and
Prevention
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Health and medicine
* Preventive healthcare, measures to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating their symptoms
General safety
* Crime prevention, the attempt to reduce deter crime and crimin ...
magazines, as well as the Executive Editor of
Cosmopolitan
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Internationalism
* World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship
* Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community
* Cosmopolitan ...
en español, in partnership with Editorial Televisa. He also held positions such as Front Page Editor at
Yahoo
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until 2015, and Digital Manager at
La Opinion
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...
and
El Diario La Prensa
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until 2018. Additionally, he was Deputy Editor at
The Tablet
''The Tablet'' is a Catholic Church, Catholic international weekly review published in London. Brendan Walsh, previously literary editor and then acting editor, was appointed editor in July 2017.
History
''The Tablet'' was launched in 1840 by ...
and
Nuestra Voz, and Executive Editor at
People en español
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. Badajoz has also contributed as a columnist and art critic for
The Miami Herald
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and is the founder and owner of SpicandProud and Hypermedia America.
Personal life
Badajoz was a lifelong resident of
Miami
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but, since 2015, has been based in
New York City
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. He has resided in
Alphabet City
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and
Hell's Kitchen
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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 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 Carlos Luna may refer to:
* Carlos Luna (footballer)
* Carlos Luna (volleyball)
* Carlos Luna (artist)
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.
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.
* Cántaro (Poetry/ Spanish): hypermedia americas, 2022.
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 Badajoz
Instituto 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
''El Nuevo Herald'' is a newspaper published daily in Spanish in Southeast Florida, United States. Its headquarters is in Doral. ''El Nuevo Heralds sister paper is the ''Miami Herald'', also produced by the McClatchy Company.
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