Israel Centeno
Israel Centeno
Bio: Israel Centeno is a writer of short stories and novels, a professor of literary creativity, a translator, and a cultural promoter. His seventeen books of novels, short stories and tales have been published in Venezuela, Spain, England, and the United States. He received the National Culture Council (CONAC) Prize and the Caracas Municipal Prize in 1992 for his first novel Calletania. His book of short stories Bamboo City and his novel El Complot (The Conspiracy) have been translated into English and published in the United States. His most recent published book is Writing With an Accent. He currently lives in Pittsburgh, where he was City of Asylum writer-in-residence.