Occupation poet, novelist | Name Ivan Baez | |
Notable awards Libro d\' Oro, diploma di Merito | ||
IVAN SEGARRA BAEZ: "El Cañaveral", novela
Iván Segarra Báez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1967. He has published three books of poems: Candela (1997), Entre tu cuerpo y mi alma (2000) and Hay veces que llora el mar (2001)
His first novel, El Guardián de la Lujuria, was published in 2003. In Trento, Italy, the publishing house Edizioni Universum awarded him the Libro d' Oro, diploma di Merito for this work January 29, 2003. His second novel is titled La República del Generalísimo and was published in 2004.
Báez's newest book, published in 2005 is titled Ante la luz de un amor prohibido. ISBN 956-8230-18-1. It is a collection of four poems joined together into a single greater work.
Báez is the Director of Revista Literaria de Puerto Rico, the Literary Magazine of Puerto Rico and a member of Grupo Embeleco Poético, which meets in the Librería Paseo bookstore in Cupey, Puerto Rico.