Julio Valle Castillo
Julio Valle Castillo, was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, painter, and a literary critic, and art critic.
Early life and career
Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s. Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez, served as editor of "Poesía Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government.As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura .
Literary works
;Published- Las armas iniciales
- Las primeras notas del laúd
- Formas migratorias
- Materia jubilosa
- Ronda tribal para el nacimiento de Sandino
- Con los pasos cantados
- Poetas modernistas de Nicaragua
- Rimbaud entre nosotros
- Poesía francesa / Traducciones nicaragüenses ;
- Hija del día / Artes poéticas nicaragüenses ;
- Nicaragua: cuentos escogidos
- Cuentos nicaragüenses
- El inventario del paraíso
- La catedral de León de Nicaragua
- Las humanidades de la poesía nicaragüense
- ''Réquiem en Castilla del Oro''