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Jorge Paolantonio

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Jorge Paolantonio (1947), Catamarca, Argentina.
A graduate from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Profesor, Licenciado and Traductor Publico), took postgraduate courses in Stockwell College (1979, Kent) and holds a PhD (abd) in Modern Languages from USal. He’s now a retired university professor. He is an English Language Coordinator for ISO College, Fundación Octubre de Argentina
His main interests and expertise are in the field of English –Language, Literature and Phonology. He held seats at different universities and colleges –Córdoba, Río III, La Pampa, Catamarca, Buenos Aires, ORT BsAs, Superior de Humanidades, Superior de Turismo Perito Moreno, Superior Octubre, Universidad del Salvador, and Universidad Argentina de la Empresa.
He produced theatricals (amateur drama groups) in the universities of La Pampa, Catamarca and UADE.
The Buenos Aires Herald had him as a theatre critic (1989-93). He now works for Diario Z ((Caras&Caretas), a prestigious B.A City paper.
He was a resident literature professor at the ISA, Amsterdam, during 2006.
He has delivered numberless lectures, courses and seminars, sponsored by well known national and international organizations as well as educational institutions.
As a writer, he has published ten volumes of his own poetry – the latest being Peso Muerto / Dead Weight (2007).
The text of his play Rosas de Sal has had two editions sponsored by Fundación Fortabat (1993, 1995) and has also been included with other plays by him in the books Teatro 1 (Sarquis, 2003) and Teatro 2 (Sarquis,2009)
His fist novel Año de Serpientes (Deldragón,1995) received the First Prize from the Encuentro Patagónico de Escritores. His second novel, Ceniza de Orquídeas (U.Reino2003), written with a national grant from Fondo de las Artes de Argentina, was shorlisted for the 2000 version of the Planeta Literary Award. It was republished in Spanish in New York by JorgePintoBooks (2008) and now has its English version (translated by Nouha Homad) (2009).
His third novel Algo en el aire, also shorlisted for the 2003 version of the Premio Latinoamericano Planeta, was published in 2004 by Planeta /Seix Barral.
Five of his plays have been staged all over Argentina as well as in Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Brazil. His latest novel – La Fiamma (2008)- has been selected [among several others] to officially represent Argentina at the Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt International Book Fair, 2010).



SPANISH VERSION--- [updated october 2010].
Nació en Catamarca (1947); reside en Buenos Aires desde 1982.
Poeta, dramaturgo, novelista.
Crítico de Teatro para el Diario “Z” (Caras&Caretas)
Profesor consulto para el Instituto Superior de Fundación Octubre.
Asesor pedagógico de Instituto de Lenguas Vivas ‘Charlotte Bronte’ de Lanús
Oeste, y CEI –Centro de Estudios Ingleses- de Haedo Norte.
Profesor, traductor, licenciado en lengua y literatura inglesa por la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Diploma en British Contemporary Fiction -Stockwell College, Kent. Cursó su doctorado en Lenguas Modernas en la Universidad del Salvador. Fue poeta y docente residente para la ISA Amsterdam en 2006. Entre 1972 y 2007 ha sido profesor titular en distintos establecimientos terciarios y universitarios tales como Lenguas Vivas, Alexis Carrel, PIO XII, ORT, UNCba, UNLPam, UNCa, USal, UCA, UADE.
Poesía: 10 volúmenes; el más reciente - Peso Muerto (MonoArmado, 2008). Con Huaco recibió el 1er. Premio Municipal de Poesía, Catamarca (2003). Parte de su obra está compilada en A favor del Viento poesía reunida, 1972-2005.
Teatro: estreno nacional e internacional de piezas de su autoría; la mayoría de sus textos dramáticos está publicada en los volúmenes Teatro I (Sarquís, 2003) y Teatro II (Sarquís, 2009). Su Rosas de Sal (1990), hito regional del teatro de género y de resistencia, se representa sin solución de continuidad desde 1991. El texto obtuvo distinción especial de Fundación Fortabat y el Senado de la Nación, la Faja de Honor de SADE central y diploma al mérito artístico de la Alcaidía de Miraflores, Perú. También se representó con éxito en Ecuador, Perú, Chile y Brasil. La ciudad de La Rioja, para festejar su 409 aniversario, eligió su obra Las Llanistas (2000), escenificada por el elenco del Teatro Estable Municipal [dirigido por Manuel Chiesa] .
Novela: Año de Serpientes (Último Reino, 1995) – Primer Premio Nacional Encuentro Patagónico de Escritores. Algo en el aire (Seix Barral, 2004), primera finalista Premio Planeta (2003) y Distinción Letras de Oro a la Mejor Novela -Fundación Honorarte (2004). Ceniza de Orquídeas (Deldragón en Bs.As. -2003-; re-editada en New York, JPintoBooks -2008); traducida [por Nouha Homad] como Ashes of Orchids (JPintoBooks, New York, 2009); recibió el Primer Premio Municipal de Novela de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2007 para el bienio 2003-3). La Fiamma, Vida de Opera (Deldragón Ediciones, 2008), auspiciado por Fundación Octubre y el Istituto Italiano de Cultura.
Figura en historias de la literatura regional y nacional, antologías, diarios y revistas impresas y virtuales nacionales e internacionales. Ha sido traducido parcialmente a varios idiomas. Entre otras distinciones, es Premio Nacional-Regional (NOA) de Poesía por la Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación y Premio Quinquenal a la Producción Artística y Literaria por la Dirección de Cultura de Catamarca, Premio Selección del Diario La Gaceta de Tucumán, 1er Premio de la Casa de Esteban Echeverría, 1er Premio ‘Ramón Plaza’ de la Sociedad de los Poetas Vivos, 1er Premio Internacional de Dramaturgia Fundación Garzón Céspedes, España; Fajas de Honor de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores en Novela y Teatro.

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  • Cover of: Favor del viento: antología poética

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  • Cover of: Favor del viento: antología poética, 1968-2005

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October 18, 2010 Edited by JORGE PAOLANTONIO I've added a bio both in English and Spanish. I've eliminated the initial "E.", so now I have a 'shorter' name.
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