Intellectuals / Jaqueline Goldberg

Born in Maracaibo in 1966. Poet, journalist and researcher. Doctor in Social Sciences from Central University of Venezuela. She has published several literary works among them: a book on narrative called “Carnadas” (1998) that obtained Honorable Mention at the Literary Biennial “Miguel Ramón Utrera”; a theater play “Vulture to Misery” (1991) that was performed by the Dramatic Society of Maracaibo; the literature book with no fiction “The Vastness of the Farewell. Stories buried in a Jew Cemetery” (Polar Foundation, Caracas, 2003); and the essay that was result of her Doctorate thesis, “The Installation: tactics and setbacks” (Ateneo de Valencia, 2002)

Author of four books for children: “A Lady in a Hat” (1993) –included among the “The 10 Best of the Year” by the Venezuelan Book Bank in recognition to the most remarkable work for children in Spanish; with “My Beautiful Flying Girlfriend” (1994) she obtained the National Prize for Children Literature Miguel Vicente Pata Caliente; the book “The Hatless House” (2001) and “Benjamin, seahorse” (Pan-Americana, Bogotá, 2004).
She has also published 12 poem books: “30 Suns Missing” (1985); “From the same Core” (1986); “In all places, under all signs” (1987); “Luba” (1988), “By force of City” (1989); “Backroom” (1991) which put her in second place for the House of The Americas Prize, Cuba, 1990; “Family Masks” (1992); “Sunstroke at Miami Beach” (1995); “Eve” (2000); “The Health” (2002), winner of the Caupolicán Ovalles Prize of the Literary Biennial Mariano Picón Salas, Mérida, Venezuela; “The Order of the Branches” (Torremozas Publishing House, Madrid, 2003); and the anthology “A salt on which I am standing” (2003).

Her poetical work has been included in several anthologies: The thread of the voice. Critical Anthology of Venezuelan Female Writers of the 20th Century of Ana Teresa Torres y Yolada Pantin (Polar Foundation, Caracas, 2003); A Three Century Navigation of de Joaquín Marta Sosa (Urban Culture Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, 2003); Choir of Solitary Voices. A History of Venezuelan Poetry of Rafael Arraiz Lucca (Sentido Publishing House. Caracas, Venezuela, 2002); Miriam´s Daughters. Jewish Latin American Women Poets of Marjorie Agosin (Sherman Asher Publishing, Nuevo México, 2001); Miriam’s Words of Marjorie Agosin (Torremozas Publishing, Spain, 1999); The Great Book of Jewish America: voices and visions for the Millennium” of Isaac Goldmberg (University of Puerto Rico, 1998); Passion, Memory and Identity: 20th Century Latin American Jewish Woman Writers of Marjorie Agosin (New Mexico University, 1998); Anthology of Latin-American Poetry of the 21st Century of Julio Ortega (XXI Century Publishing, Mexico, 1998); Poetry in the Mirror. Study and Anthology of the New Feminine Venezuelan Lyric Poetry (1970-1994) of Julio Miranda (Fundarte, Caracas, 1995); Literature of end of the century (Inti, Hispanic Literature Magazine, edited by Julio Ortega, Brown University, Providence, 1993)

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