Julio Valle Castillo Explained

Julio Valle Castillo
Pseudonym:	JVC
Birth Date:	August 10, 1952
Birth Place:	Masaya, Nicaragua
Occupation:	poet, painter, essayist, literary critic, piedrero and art critic
Nationality:	Nicaraguan

Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a Poet, painter, and a literary critic, and art critic.

Early life and career

Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico.^[1] Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s.^[2] Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez,^[3] served as editor of "Poesía Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government.^[4]

As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura (INC) (Nicaraguan Institute of Culture).^[5]

Literary works

Published^[6]

• Las armas iniciales (1977)
• Las primeras notas del laúd (1977)
• Formas migratorias (1979)
• Materia jubilosa (1986)
• Ronda tribal para el nacimiento de Sandino (1981)
• Con los pasos cantados (1998)

Poetry

• Poetas modernistas de Nicaragua (1978)
• Rimbaud entre nosotros (1993)
• Poesía francesa / Traducciones nicaragüenses (1993);
• Hija del día / Artes poéticas nicaragüenses (1994);
• Nicaragua: cuentos escogidos (1998)
• Cuentos nicaragüenses (2002)

Essays

• El inventario del paraíso (1986)
• La catedral de León de Nicaragua (2000)
• Las humanidades de la poesía nicaragüense (2001)

Novel

• Réquiem en Castilla del Oro (1966)

See also

• Literature of Nicaragua
• Culture of Nicaragua

External links

• Julio Valle Castillo - Dariana; Diccionario de escritores nicaragüenses

Notes and References

1. News: Julio Valle Castillo . 2007-09-20 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070915121234/http://www.dariana.com/diccionario/julio_valle_castillo.htm . 2007-09-15 .
2. News: Carlos . Tünnermann Bernheim . Julio Valle - Castillo . El Nuevo Diario . 2007-09-20 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070703121027/http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2002/agosto/10-agosto-2002/cultural/cultural2.html . 2007-07-03 .
3. Book: Craven, David . Art and revolution in Latin America, 1910-1990 . registration . Yale University Press . 2002 . 137 . 0-300-08211-8 .
4. Book: Whisnant, David E. . Rascally signs in sacred places: the politics of culture in Nicaragua . University of North Carolina Press . Chapel Hill . 1995 . 204 . 0-8078-4523-X .
5. News: Eunice . Shade . Hay democratización en la cultura . El Nuevo Diario . 2007-09-21 . es . dead . https://archive.today/20120731075549/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/02/13/variedades/12538 . 2012-07-31 .
6. News: Marta . Leonor González . Julio Valle-Castillo, pajaritero mayor . La Prensa Litararia . 2007-09-20 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070823200142/http://www-ni.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2003/septiembre/20/literaria/ensayos/ . 2007-08-23 .