José Alcántara Almánzar

José Alcántara Almánzar began his writing career in 1973 with the publication of the short story collection titled Viaje al otro mundo. He has published over twenty essay and short story collections. Outside of the Dominican Republic, his work in Spanish has appeared in Bulgaria, Colombia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States. In addition to several other awards, Alcántara Almánzar was awarded the Dominican Republic’s Annual Short Story Prize on two occasions: in 1984 for the collection Las máscaras de la seducción and in 1990 for La carne estremecida. In 2009 he was presented with the National Prize for Literature.