Juan Pablo Plata
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Juan Pablo Plata is a Colombian writer, journalist and researcher.
He studied literature at Universidad de los Andes
, but did graduate from Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá.
He was anthologized in the book Umpalá (Sic Editores, 2006) and Inhabited heart. Recent stories about love
in Colombia
(Algaida. Grupo Anaya, 2010). He published the first anthology of Colombian short stories in 21st century, called Signals of Path, which featured 27 Colombian authors (Senales de ruta, Arango Editores, 2008)
He won two awards (website and interview with painter David Manzur, with the magazine La Movida Literaria) of journalism given by Andiarios (2005) and CPB prize in 2006 with the collective journalistic weblog Generation Invisible.
He was editor of La Movida Literaria (a small literary magazine in Bogota, Colombia) which aroused a parody on blogs and a controversy between magazines El Malpensante
and Arcadia. He writes book reviews and articles for magazines in United States like Level Magazine, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela like Letralia. As a researcher he made a proposal for classification of electronic literature under a literary subgenre called Mortara, to name hybrid literary works that use previous existing and classified genres and sound, images, motion pictures, etc., either print or in hypertext
.
He studied literature at Universidad de los Andes
University of the Andes, Colombia
The University of the Andes , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in city centre Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948, the University has 9 faculties: Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and...
, but did graduate from Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá.
He was anthologized in the book Umpalá (Sic Editores, 2006) and Inhabited heart. Recent stories about love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
(Algaida. Grupo Anaya, 2010). He published the first anthology of Colombian short stories in 21st century, called Signals of Path, which featured 27 Colombian authors (Senales de ruta, Arango Editores, 2008)
He won two awards (website and interview with painter David Manzur, with the magazine La Movida Literaria) of journalism given by Andiarios (2005) and CPB prize in 2006 with the collective journalistic weblog Generation Invisible.
He was editor of La Movida Literaria (a small literary magazine in Bogota, Colombia) which aroused a parody on blogs and a controversy between magazines El Malpensante
El Malpensante
El Malpensante is a Colombian literary magazine founded in October 1996 by Andrés Hoyos Restrepo and Mario Jursich Durán, two minor writers....
and Arcadia. He writes book reviews and articles for magazines in United States like Level Magazine, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela like Letralia. As a researcher he made a proposal for classification of electronic literature under a literary subgenre called Mortara, to name hybrid literary works that use previous existing and classified genres and sound, images, motion pictures, etc., either print or in hypertext
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
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