Juan B. Gutiérrez

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Juan Bernardo Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez (June 2006)
Gutiérrez (June 2006)
Born (1973-03-17) March 17, 1973 (age 48)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
OccupationNovelist, Professor of Mathematics
NationalityColombian American
Period1996-Present
Notable worksExtreme Conditions
Website
literatronica.com

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 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.[1]

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 to write the digital novel Condiciones Extremas (Extreme Conditions). These two novels are regarded as the first hypertextual novels in the Spanish language.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

Bibliography in English[]

He has also published in Spanish several short stories, a story book, the same two novels referenced, and scholarly articles.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Ayala, Elaine (2021-09-24). "Ayala: Nation's most reliable predictor of COVID cases, deaths has another story to tell". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ Sassón-Henry, Perla (2017). "E-Lit in Spanish: Voices of Dissent in a Globalized World". Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (16). doi:10.20415/hyp/016.e02. ISSN 1555-9351.
  3. ^ Pajares Tosca, Susana (2001). "Chapter 16, Condiciones Extremas, Digital Science Fiction from Colombia". In Paz Soldán, Edmundo; Castillo, Debra A. (eds.). Latin American Literature and Mass Media. New York, NY: Garland Pub. pp. 270–285. ISBN 978-0-8153-3894-9.
  4. ^ Gutierrez, Juan B.; Marino, Mark C. (2008-06-19). "Literatronica: adaptive digital narrative". Proceedings of the Hypertext 2008 Workshop on Creating Out of the Machine: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web Artists Explore the Craft. Creating '08. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 5–8. doi:10.1145/1379153.1379156. ISBN 978-1-60558-172-9. S2CID 15725912.
  5. ^ Perez, Julio Alejandro. "Digital Storytelling in Spanish: Narrative Techniques and Approaches - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 2021-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Cleger, Osvaldo (2009). "El Arte de Narrar en la Era de las Blogoficciones: Una Aproximacion Interdisciplinaria a la Literatura en los Blogs". Doctoral Dissertation (in Spanish) – via The University of Arizona.
  7. ^ Klöpper-Mauermann, Sirkka (2015). "Die spanischsprachige Hyperfiction und ihr Leser : narratologische Auslotungen einer schwierigen Beziehung". Doctoral dissertation, Universität Hamburg (in German).
  8. ^ Sasson-Henry, Perla (2009-03-26). "Chapter 20, From hypertexts to blogs". In Romero, Dolores; Sanz, Amelia (eds.). Literatures in the Digital Era: Theory and Praxis. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 320–327. ISBN 978-1-4438-0669-5.
  9. ^ Gainza, Carolina (2013-02-04). "Escrituras Electrónicas en América Latina. Producción Literaria en el Capitalismo Informacional". d-scholarship.pitt.edu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  10. ^ Acuna-Zumbado, Eduardo (2008-07-21). "HACIA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL SUJETO Y SUS PROCESOS DE LECTURA EN LA HIPERTEXTUALIDAD LATINOAMERICANA". Doctoral Dissertation, the University of Kansas (in Spanish).

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