Edgar Smith (poet)

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.

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

Background

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]

In 2017, he was elected as Director of The International Dominican Book Fair (FILDOM) by the cultural organization Hispanic Heritage Cultural Organization.

Books
Poetry
  • Smith, Edgar (2013). Algunas Tiernas Imprecisiones (in Spanish). ISBN 9780989719315.
  • Smith, Edgar (2016). Versenal (in Spanish). ISBN 9780989719353.
  • Smith, Edgar (2014). Island Boy (in Spanish). ASIN B00ONB9DGO.
  • Smith, Edgar (2017). Randomly, a poem. lulu.com. ISBN 978-1365888052.
  • Smith, Edgar (2017). Verso y Lágrima (in Spanish). lulu.com. ISBN 9781387337842.
  • Smith, Edgar; Siller, Silvia (2018). Tandava (in Spanish). CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1718993938.
Short story books
  • Smith, Edgar (2014). El Palabrador (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719308.
  • Smith, Edgar (2016). Cuentos raros (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719346.
  • Smith, Edgar (2016). The Wordsmith. lulu.com. ISBN 9781365645105.
  • Smith, Edgar (2018). Puro cuento (in Spanish). CreateSpace. ISBN 9781979983143.
Novels
  • Smith, Edgar (5 March 2015). La Inmortalidad del Cangrejo (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0989719339.
  • Smith, Edgar (2017). Gnuj & Alt. lulu.com. ISBN 9781365747571.
  • Smith, Edgar (2018). arrimao (in Spanish). lulu.com. ISBN 9781387364725.

References
  1. "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 978-1729006139.
  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 978-1940075464.
  6. "Edgar Smith Presenta obras literarios en la Biblioteca Rep. Dom" (in Spanish). Fox Magazine RD. 3 February 2015.
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