Dionisio D. Martinez (born 7 April 1956), is a Cuban-born poet who grew up speaking Spanish, raised first in Spain, then in the United States.

His work appeared in American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, New Republic, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review.

He lives in Tampa, Florida.

Contents

• 1 Awards
• 2 Works
  • 2.1 Books
  • 2.2 Poems
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Awards

• 1993 Whiting Award
• 1997 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
• 1998 Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1999 National Poetry Series, for Climbing Back

Works

Books

• Dancing at the Chelsea. State Street Press. 1992. (chapbook)
• History as a Second Language. Ohio State University Press. 1993. ISBN:978-0-8142-0592-1.
• Bad Alchemy. W.W. Norton & Company. 1995. ISBN:978-0-393-31531-8.
• Climbing Back. W.W. Norton & Company. 2000. ISBN:978-0-393-05006-6.

Poems

• "Belated Valentine for Alina", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 1995
• "Rest before you sleep", Poetry (September 2008)
• "Tipping over the actuarial tables", Poetry Foundation

See also

• Cuban American literature
• List of Cuban-American writers

References

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation