Janette Becerra (Caguas, Puerto Rico, 1965) is a Puerto Rican poet, writer, teacher and literary critic. She obtained an MA in comparative literature and a Ph.D. in Spanish literature at the University of Puerto Rico, RÃÂo Piedras Campus. She has been a professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey since 2000.
In 2011 she published a collection of stories titled Doce versiones de soledad ("Twelve versions of loneliness") (Ediciones Callejón), which received the First Prize of the PEN Club of Puerto Rico and the Second prize in the contest of the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature in 2012. Her work has been included in Anthology of Twentieth-Century Puerto Rican Literature (Puerto Rico, 2004), Perversions from Paradise (Spain, 2005), The faces of the hydra (Puerto Rico, 2008), Poetry of Puerto Rico: five decades (Venezuela, 2009), The Americas (Portugal, 2010), and In the Eye of the Hurricane (Editorial Norma, 2011).
She has published poetry under the penname,âÂÂS. Tornasol.âÂÂ
Bibliography
- Elusiones (2001).
- Doce versiones de soledad (2011).
- Antrópolis (2013). , awarded prize of $12,000 plus publication of her novel.
- Ciencia imperfecta (2014).
- La casa que soy (2014).
Writing on her Work
- Alegre Barrios, Mario. âÂÂLa poesÃÂa como detonanteâÂÂ. El Nuevo DÃÂa, 17 de marzo de 2002, p. 83.
- Carpio, Alejandro. âÂÂLa belleza y el retiroâÂÂ. El Nuevo DÃÂa, 18 de marzo de 2012.
- Clavell, Manuel. âÂÂAristasâÂÂ, El Nuevo DÃÂa, Revista Domingo, 25 de enero de 2004.
- Hernández, Carmen Dolores. âÂÂDoce cuentos maestros y una ñapa: cuentos excepcionales con una escritura fascinanteâÂÂ. El Nuevo DÃÂa, 11 de marzo de 2012.
- Hernández, Carmen Dolores. "Literatura femenina en Puerto Rico". La Jornada Semanal 919, UNAM, 14 de octubre de 2012.
- La Torre Lagares, Elidio. "Versiones de la soledad, según Janette Becerra".
- Lladó, Mónica. La violencia y el humanismo como punto común en los Premios de Literatura del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
- López Baralt, Luce. âÂÂLa poesÃÂa ante el espejo invertidor: las Elusiones y alusiones de Janette BecerraâÂÂ, Revista La Torre, Año VIII, núm. 28 (2004): 215-229.
- Ramos Collado, Lilliana. El lado oscuro de la ciencia: "Ciencia imperfecta" de Janette Becerra
- Rivera, Juan Pablo. âÂÂEl cosmopolitismo y la aporÃÂa de la hospitalidad en la escritura de Janette Becerraâ Ciberletras 31(Dic. 2013, Lehman College).
Awards
- "Premio Nuevas Voces", Festival de la Palabra 2013, Puerto Rico. October 2013.
- International Short Story Award 2012 of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, for the "Ciencia imperfecta" storybook. June 2013
- Second National Literature Prize for Doce versiones de soledad. Institute of Puerto Rican Literature (ex aequo with "La R de mi padre", Magali GarcÃÂa Ramis). January 2013.
- "Barco de Vapor" Prize of children's literature, Ediciones SM Puerto Rico, for the novel Antrópolis. December 2012.
- National Short Story Prize, Pen Club of PR for Doce versiones de soledad. December 2012.
- First prize in the XIV International Short Story Prize of the Gaceta de Salamanca Foundation, November 2009, Spain, with the story "Soledad perfecta".
- "Doce versiones de soledad" selected amongst "The Ten Best Fiction Books of 2012." El Nuevo DÃÂa, December 31, 2012.
- Story Contest Winner of El Nuevo DÃÂa 2011.
- Finalist at the XXII International Narrative Short Award at UNED, 2011 (Madrid) with the story "Afición por los terrarios."
- Mention of Honor in "Certamen de PoesÃÂa de El Nuevo DÃÂa" (March 2011).
- Second prize at the IX International Short Story Award "Encarna León" of Melilla, Spain, with the story "El sastre", March 2010, Melilla (Spain).
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