Edgar Smith (poet)
Edgar Smith | |
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| Born | August 8, 1973 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[1] |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Dominican Republic |
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Edgar Smith (born August 8, 1973) is a Dominican author and poet born in Villa Consuelo, a neighborhood in the capital city of Santo Domingo.[1] He is the eldest child of Juana I. Fernández and Ramón Smith,[2] a member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation Hall of Fame. He is a poet, writer, editor and translator, who runs his own small publishing company, Books & Smith, in New York City,[3] where he has resided since 2010.
Background[]
His poems and short stories have been included in anthologies and magazines, such as Antología Poética Solo Para Locos,[4] Multilingual Anthology: The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2016,[5] Voces de Nuevo Siglo, Voces del café, Trazos, Hybrido, The official Lacuhe Gazette, and Dualis Dualis, among others.[6]
In 2017, he was elected as Director of The International Dominican Book Fair (FILDOM) by the cultural organization Hispanic Heritage Cultural Organization[citation needed].
Books[]
- Poetry
- Smith, Edgar (2013). Algunas Tiernas Imprecisiones (in Spanish). ISBN 9780989719315.
- Smith, Edgar (2016). Versenal (in Spanish). ISBN 9780989719353.
- Smith, Edgar (2014). Island Boy (in Spanish). ASIN B00ONB9DGO.
- Smith, Edgar (2017). Randomly, a poem. lulu.com. ISBN 978-1365888052.
- Smith, Edgar (2017). Verso y Lágrima (in Spanish). lulu.com. ISBN 9781387337842.
- Smith, Edgar; Siller, Silvia (2018). Tandava (in Spanish). CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1718993938.
- Short story books
- Smith, Edgar (2014). El Palabrador (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719308.
- Smith, Edgar (2016). Cuentos raros (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719346.
- Smith, Edgar (2016). The Wordsmith. lulu.com. ISBN 9781365645105.
- Smith, Edgar (2018). Puro cuento (in Spanish). CreateSpace. ISBN 9781979983143.
- Novels
- Smith, Edgar (5 March 2015). La Inmortalidad del Cangrejo (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719339.
- Smith, Edgar (2017). Gnuj & Alt. lulu.com. ISBN 9781365747571.
- Smith, Edgar (2018). arrimao (in Spanish). lulu.com. ISBN 9781387364725.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Edgar Smith". Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Ramón Smith - Tae Kwon Do". PabellÓn de la Fama de Deporte Dominicano. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Padilla, Gerald (18 January 2018). "Arrimao". Latino Book Review.
- ^ Batista, Lourdes (1 November 2018). "65 poetas contemporáneos". Antología Poética Solo Para Locos (in Spanish). 2. ISBN 978-1729006139.
- ^ Aguasaco, Carlos (2016). Santos Santos, Yrene; Velasquez Torres, Carlos; Aguasaco, Jhon (eds.). "Multilingual Anthology". The Americas Poetry Festival of New York. ARTEPOETICA PRESS INC. ISBN 978-1940075464.
- ^ "Edgar Smith Presenta obras literarios en la Biblioteca Rep. Dom" (in Spanish). Fox Magazine RD. 3 February 2015.
External links[]
- Gautreau de Windt, Eduardo (3 February 2015). "El dolor de vivir contrapuesto al dolor de la posible inmortalidad, según Edgar Smith" (in Spanish).
- "The Americas Poetry Festival of New York". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Dominican Republic poets
- Dominican Republic male poets