VISITING SCHOLARS Professor Carlos Manuel Villalobos

Tidewater Community College welcomes Professor Carlos Manuel Villalobos from the University of Costa Rica. Professor Villalobos will read his poetry as part of the upcoming TCC Literary Festival. U of CR is the location of TCC's summer Spanish Study Abroad Program.

Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Reception and poetry reading by Carlos Villalobos
Virginia Beach Campus ~ Pungo Building Auditorium
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Professor Villalobos's Bio

Spanish Version

Carlos Manuel Villalobos Naci en San Ramn de Alajuela en 1968. Tiene una maestra en Literatura Latinoamericana y una licenciatura en Periodismo. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Costa Rica en las escuelas de Ciencias de la Comunicacin Colectiva y de Filologa, Lingstica y Literatura. Trabaja tambin en la Maestra de Comunicacin en la Universidad Federada de Costa Rica. Ha publicado diversos ensayos acadmicos sobre literatura, comunicacin y teoras de anlisis de discurso. En poesa tiene editados Los trayectos y la sangre (1992) y Ceremonias desde la lluvia (1995).

Ha sido ganador en dos ocasiones del Premio Arturo Agero de la Sede de Occidente, UCR, y su libro El primer tren que pase (en prensa) obtuvo el Premio Editorial Costa Rica de poesa 1999. Su obra se ha dado a conocer en mbitos universitarios en pases como Espaa, Mxico, Cuba, Panam y Estados Unidos, donde tambin ha presentado ponencias sobre tpicos de Literatura Latinoamericana y particularmente de Literatura Costarricense. El libro de los gozos es su primer novela publicada. Carlos Manual Villalobos

English version

Carlos Manuel Villalobos was born in San Ramn de Alajuela, Costa Rica, in 1968. He has a Master's degree in Latin American Literature and Licensure in Journalism. He is currently a professor at the University of Costa Rica in the School of Communication and in the School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Literature. Professor Villalobos has published various academic essays on literature, communication, and theories and analysis of discourse. He has published two books of poems, The Courses Traveled and the Blood (1992) and Ceremonies from the Rain (1995) and one novel, The Book of Pleasures.

In publication at the present time is a third book of poems entitled, The First Train that Passes. He has twice been awarded the Arturo Agero Prize of the western section of the University of Costa Rica, and he received the Costa Rica Editor's Award for his book of poetry, The First Train that Passes. His work has been presented and recognized in universities in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, and the United States, where he has also formally presented topics and discussions on Latin American and Costa Rican literature.