Luis Negrón (born 1970 in

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) is a Puerto Rican writer. Negrón originally studied journalism, which he said taught him how to write and gave him confidence. He lives in Santurce, a barrio in

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, and works in a bookstore. His debut

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collection, ''Mundo Cruel'', was published in 2010 and has seen five printings in

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. The stories in the book focus on

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life in Santurce. An English translation by Suzanne Jill Levine was published by

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in 2013, and won the

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at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014. He was also coeditor, with David Caleb Acevedo and Moisés Agosto, of ''Los otros cuerpos'', an

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of writing by

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Puerto Ricans. As of 2014, Negrón was working a novel, memoir, and play.

Influences

Negrón has claimed

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R. W. Fassbinder and

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as influences, as well as French writer

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and Argentinean author

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Works

*''Los otros cuerpos: Antología de temática gay, lésbica y queer desde Puerto Rico y su diáspora''. (2007, ) *''Mundo Cruel'' (2010, ) *''Mundo Cruel: Stories,'' translated by Suzanne Jill Levine (2013, ) *''Los Tres Golpes,'' (2016, )

References

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