Jose Roberto Cea

Jose Roberto Cea is a pre-eminent contemporary Salvadoran novelist and poet.

Cea was born in the city of Izalco, department of Sonsonate, El Salvador, on April 10, 1939. He studied journalism and literature at the Universidad de El Salvador (UES), though he did not conclude his course of studies. He has served as the director of the editorial board of the UES, director or co-director of the journals "La Universidad" and "La Pajara Pinta," and has held several other positions related to the UES. Cea's literature has earned him several national and international literary prizes, among them the Premio Internacional de Poesia del Circulo de Poetas y Escritores Iberoamericanos de Nueva York, 1965, the Premio 15 de septiembre, del Certamen Centroamericano Ciencias, Letras y Bellas Artes, 1965 y 1966, the Premio de poesia en el certamen latinoamericano Pablo Neruda, Peru, 1974, the Premio Internacional Ruben Dario, 1981 and the Primer premio en los juegos florales agostinos de San Salvador, 1998.