Edgar Smith (poet)

Edgar Smith
Born(1973-08-08)August 8, 1973
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[1]
OccupationPoet
NationalityDominican
Website
www.booksandsmith.com

Edgar Smith (born August 8, 1973) is a Dominican author and poet born in Villa Consuelo, a neighborhood in the capital city of Santo Domingo.[1] He is the eldest child of Juana I. Fernández and Ramón Smith,[2] a member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation Hall of Fame. He is a poet, writer, editor and translator, who runs his own small publishing company, Books & Smith, in New York City,[3] where he has resided since 2010.

His poems and short stories have been included in anthologies and magazines, such as Antología Poética Solo Para Locos,[4] Multilingual Anthology: The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2016,[5] Voces de Nuevo Siglo, Voces del café, Trazos, Hybrido, The official Lacuhe Gazette, and Dualis Dualis, among others.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Edgar Smith". Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Ramón Smith - Tae Kwon Do". PabellÓn de la Fama de Deporte Dominicano. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Padilla, Gerald (18 January 2018). "Arrimao". Latino Book Review.
  4. ^ Batista, Lourdes (1 November 2018). "65 poetas contemporáneos". Antología Poética Solo Para Locos (in Spanish). 2. ISBN 1729006132.
  5. ^ Aguasaco, Carlos (2016). Santos Santos, Yrene; Velasquez Torres, Carlos; Aguasaco, Jhon (eds.). "Multilingual Anthology". The Americas Poetry Festival of New York. ARTEPOETICA PRESS INC. ISBN 1940075467.
  6. ^ "Edgar Smith Presenta obras literarios en la Biblioteca Rep. Dom" (in Spanish). Fox Magazine RD. 3 February 2015.