Eduardo Lalo | |
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| Born | Eduardo Rodriguez |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Paris III |
| Genre | Puerto Rican literature Caribbean literature |
| Notable works | Simone (2015) |
| Notable awards | Romulo Gallegos Prize |
Eduardo Lalo (born 1960) is a Puerto Rican novelist, best known for his novel Simone, who won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize.[1]
Although born in Cuba, he identifies himself as Puerto Rican and is involved in the island's affairs. He lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico since the age of two. He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, where he graduated in 1977. He then went on to study at Columbia University and later at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.[2]
Lalo's works are difficult to define generically. His books are hybrids of essay and fiction, as demonstrated in his first book, En el Burger King de la calle San Francisco (In the San Francisco Street Burger King), published in 1986. Since then he has insisted on mixing art, essay and fiction in his publications. As he has stated: "First of all, I'm a writer. I started to draw late, at age 21, when I had just finished studying in New York and visited museums and galleries. I went to live in Paris and without any training I requested admissions to a school of fine arts."[3]
His international recognition came in 2013, when he won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Simone, an English-language translation of which was published in 2015 by the University of Chicago Press. Also in 2013, he led the Puerto Rican delegation to the XVIII International Book Fair in Lima, where Puerto Rico was the guest of honor.[4]
He is a professor at the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico, and publishes columns of literary criticism is publications such as 80 Grados. He has directed two medium-length films: donde (Where) and La ciudad perdida (The Lost City). In addition, he has shown his work as a photographer in more than a dozen exhibits.[5]
