Marta Aponte Alsina Explained

Marta Aponte Alsina (22 November 1945 Cayey, Puerto Rico) is a storyteller, novelist and literary critic.^[1]

Life

Her parents were Ismael Aponte Meléndez and Ana María Alsina Díaz. She studied Comparative Literature at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 1971, she obtained a degree in Regional Planning at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1979, she studied at the New York University (NYU), where she obtained a degree in Latin American Literature.^[2]

She was the executive director of two publishing houses in her country: the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Press,^[3] and the University of Puerto Rico Press. In addition to writing, she continues to work as an editor and translator.

She is a member of the board of directors of the Latin American Writers Network (RELAT), an organization founded in 1998, based in Lima, Peru, and affiliated with the Women's World Organization for Rights, Literature and Development.

Awards

• 2008. National Novel Prize, 2007. PEN Club de Puerto Rico. for: Sexto sueño.
• 2000. Prize of the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature, 1999. for: La casa de la loca y otros relatos.
• 1971. Magazine Award. for: "Notas para un estudio ideológico de las novelas de Manuel Zeno Gandía".

Works

Novels

• 2018. PR 3: Aguirre. (Hybrid historical novel, includes interviews.) Cayey, Puerto Rico: Editorial Sopa de Letras.
• 2015. La muerte feliz de William Carlos Williams. Cayey, Puerto Rico: Sopa de Letras.
• 2012. Sobre mi cadáver. San Juan: La secta de los perros. ^[4]
• 2010. El fantasma de las cosas. San Juan: Terranova Editores.,
• 2007. Sexto sueño. Madrid: Editorial Veintisiete Letras.
• 2004. Vampiresas. Caracas: Ediciones Alfaguara.
• 1996. El Cuarto Rey Mago. Editorial Sopa de Letras.
• 1994. Angélica furiosa. Editorial Sopa de Letras.

Stories

• 2005. Fúgate (relatos). Editorial Sopa de Letras.
• 2001. La casa de la loca y otros relatos. Mexico: Ediciones Alfaguara.
• 1999. La casa de la loca (relatos). Editorial Sopa de Letras.

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans
• List of Puerto Rican writers
• List of Puerto Rican women writers
• Puerto Rican literature

External links

• Web site: Marta Aponte Alsina . Cruce . 1 January 2010 . es . . 31 January 2018.
• Web site: An Interview of Marta Aponte Alsina by Juan Carlos López . Latin American Literature Today . 27 April 2017 . . 31 January 2018.

Notes and References

1. Rodés, Andrea. "Marta Aponte: The Puerto Rican Writer who Narrates the Caribbean beyond Stereotypes." Al Día, July 07, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
2. Web site: Marta Aponte Alsina – 80grados. 80grados.net. es-ES. 31 January 2018.
3. Web site: Marta Aponte Alsina The Acentos Review. www.acentosreview.com. 31 January 2018.
4. News: New Book: Marta Aponte Alsina’s "Sobre mi cadáver". 8 December 2012. Repeating Islands. 31 January 2018.