Marcio Veloz Maggiolo

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Marcio Veloz Maggiolo (born August 13, 1936 in Santo Domingo ) is a Dominican writer, archaeologist, anthropologist, diplomat and politician.

Veloz Maggiolo attended the Escuela México , the Liceo Presidente Trujillo and the Escuela Hostos and studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo from 1957 to 1962 . In 1970 he received his PhD in American History from the University of Madrid . He also studied journalism in Quito.

Among other things, he was Deputy State Secretary for Culture, Director of the Research Department of the Museo del Hombre Dominicano , Director of the Department of Anthropology and History and Founding Director of the Extensión Cultural Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and Director of the Museo de las Casas Reales . As ambassador of the Dominican Republic, he worked in Mexico (1965–66), Peru (1982–83) and Rome (1963–64 and 1983–85). He is a member of the Academia Dominicana de la Lengua and a corresponding member of the Academia Dominicana de Geografía , as well as a member of the American Anthropological Association and the Historical Society of Trinidad and Tobago .

Veloz Maggiolo is an extraordinarily prolific and successful writer who excelled as a poet, storyteller, novelist, and playwright. He has received numerous prizes, including the Premio Nacional de Novela (1962, 1981 and 1990) and the Premio Nacional de Literatura (1996) three times . Some of his narrative and essay work has been translated into English, Italian, French and German. With De dónde vino la gente (1978) he was the first Dominican writer to publish a novel for children. He also turned to children's literature with the novel El Jefe iba descalzo (1993) and the stories La verdadera historia de Aladino (2007) and La iguanita azul (2012). As an essayist, Veloz Maggiolo wrote on topics such as Dominican and Caribbean culture, literature and history, linguistics, politics, archeology, anthropology, science and the environment.

Works

  • El sol y las cosas , poetry, 1957
  • Ciudad Trujillo: Colección Arquero , Poetry, 1957
  • El buen ladrón , novel, 1960
  • Creonte y seis relatos , short story, 1961
  • Intus , Poetry, 1962
  • El prófugo , short story, 1962
  • Judas - El buen ladrón , 1962
  • La vida no tiene nombre , short story, 1965
  • Los ángeles de hueso , novel, 1966
  • Cultura, teatro y relatos en Santo Domingo , 1969
  • Arqueología prehistórica de Santo Domingo , 1972
  • El precerámico de Santo Domingo, nuevos lugares y su posible relación con otros puntos del área antillana (with Elpidio Ortega ), 1973
  • Esquema para una revisión de nomenclaturas arqueológicas del poblamiento precerámico de las Antillas (with Plinio Pina and Manuel García Arévalo ), 1974
  • El Caimito: un antiguo complejo ceramista de las Antillas Mayores (with Elpidio Ortega and Plinio Pina), 1974
  • Cayo Cofresí, un sitio precerámico de Puerto Rico , 1975
  • De abril en adelante , Roman, 1975
  • Arqueología de Yuma, República Dominicana (with Mario Sanoja , Iraida Vargas and Fernando Luna Calderón ), 1975
  • Medio ambiente y adaptación humana en la prehistoria de Santo Domingo , 2 volumes, 1975–1976
  • Arqueología de Cueva de Berna , 1977
  • Arqueología de Punta Garza , 1977
  • Arte indígena y economía en Santo Domingo , 1977
  • Sobre cultura dominicana , 1977
  • Pipas indígenas de Santo Domingo y Puerto Rico , 1978
  • De dónde vino la gente , novel for children, 1978
  • Investigaciones arqueológicas en la provincia de Pedernales , 1979
  • Las sociedades arcaicas de Santo Domingo , 1980
  • Vida y cultura en la prehistoria de Santo Domingo , 1980
  • Sobre cultura y política cultural en la República Dominicana , 1980
  • Los modos de vida mellacoides (with Elpidio Ortega and Angel Caba ), 1981
  • La arqueología de la vida cotidiana , 1981
  • La biografía difusa de Sombra Castañeda , Roman, 1981
  • La palabra reunida , 1981
  • Novelas cortas , 1981
  • La fértil agonía del amor , 1981
  • La fértil agonía del amor , short story, 1982.
  • La palabra reunida , poetry, 1982
  • Estudio arqueológico del poblado circular precolombino de Juan Pedro (with Elpidio Ortega), 1986
  • Apearse de la máscara , Poetry, 1986
  • Florbella , Roman, 1986
  • Cuentos, recuentos y casicuentos , 1986
  • Poemas en ciernes y Retorno a la palabra , 1986
  • Panorama histórico del Caribe precolombino , 1990
  • Materia prima , novel, 1990
  • La fundación de la villa de Santo Domingo (with Elpidio Ortega), 1991
  • Ritos de cabaret , 1992
  • La Española antes de Colón , 1993
  • El Jefe iba descalzo , novel for children. 1993
  • Trujillo, Villa Francisca y otros fantasmas , 1996
  • El buen ladrón y otros textos bíblicos , Roman, 1998
  • Uña y carne: memoria de la virilidad , Roman, 1999
  • Cuentos de otros milenios , short stories, 2002
  • El hombre del acordeón , novel, 2003
  • La mosca soldado , 2004
  • Uña y carne: memorias de la virilidad , Roman, 2006
  • La verdadera historia de Aladino , story for children, 2007
  • Memoria tremens , novel, 2009
  • Confesiones de un guionista , Roman, 2009
  • La iguanita azul , story for children, 2012
  • La navidad, memorias de un naufragio , historical novel, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Veloz Maggiolo, Marcio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican writer, archaeologist, anthropologist, diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Domingo