Frank Báez

Frank Báez
Born1979
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
OccupationPoet
NationalityDominican
Notable awardsNational Poetry Prize Salomé in 2009
Santo Domingo Book Fair First Prize in 2006

Frank Báez is a Dominican poet, editor, and writer, born in 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Frank’s collection of stories Págales tú a los psicoanalistas won the 2006 Santo Domingo Book Fair First Prize for short stories.[1] His poetry collection Postales also won the National Poetry Prize Salomé Ureña in 2009.[2] Frank is an editor of the online poetry review Ping Pong.[3]

He also is a member of the band El Hombrecito (The Little Man).[4]

Books

  • Jarrón y otros poemas. Editorial Betania, Madrid, 2004.
  • Postales, 2009.[1]
  • En Rosario no se baila cumbia[2]
  • En Granada no duerme nadie[3]
  • Págales tú a los pscicoanalistas (For the Psychoanalysts, You Pick Up the Tab!) Editorial Ferilibro, Santo Domingo, 2007.
  • Postales, 2009.
  • Latin American anthology Cuerpo plural: Antología de la poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea, Editorial Pre Textos, 2010
  • Anoche soñé que era un DJ / Last Night I Dreamt I Was A DJ. Translated by P. Scott Cunningham and Hoyt Rogers. Jai-Alai Books, 2014.

Albums

  • La última Vuelta [4]
  • Llegó El Hombrecito (The Hombrecito Has Arrived)
  • La última vuelta en vivo en el Palacio de Bellas Artes

References

  1. ^ Frank Baez. Words Without Borders.
  2. ^ NE Review. Vol 33. 2012.
  3. ^ Revista Ping Pong.
  4. ^ "El Hombrecito". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2013-10-21.