Manolo Núñez Negrón

Es natural de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico y nació en 1980. Estudió Literatura e Historia Latinoamericana en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, en New York University y en Harvard, de donde se doctoró en 2010. Fue profesor de Estudios Hispánicos en Wellesley College, Massachusetts y es profesor adjunto de Español y Literatura Comparada en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Fue columnista de la sección Buscapié de El Nuevo Día y ha publicado un libro de relatos, El oficio del vértigo, que ganó el Premio Pen Club 2010, y una novela corta, Barra china (2012). Comida de peces es su segunda colección de cuentos.

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