Lopez Dzur, Carlos 1955-

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Lopez Dzur, Carlos 1955-

(Zorro Viejo)

PERSONAL: Born September 1, 1955, in the United States; widower; children: Gabriela. Ethnicity:“Latino.”Education: University of Puerto Rico, B.A.; San Diego State University, M.A.; additional graduate study at Montana State University. Religion:“Jewish/Tantrist.”

ADDRESSES: Home— Orange County, CA. E-mail— [email protected].

CAREER: Writer, educator, researcher, and Web master.

MEMBER: Ateneo de San Sebastián.

AWARDS, HONORS: Winner of Chicano literary contest, University of California, Irvine, 1982, for the poetry collection El hombre extendido.

WRITINGS

El hombre extendido, 1987.

Simposio de Tlacuilos (novel), Ediciones Nuevo Espacio, 2000.

Las máscaras del Tabú (novel), BookSurge Publishing, 2001.

Comevacas y tiznaos: Partidas sediciosas en El Pepino de 1898, Outskirts Press (Parker, CO), 2005.

El corazón del monstruo: Estampas y anecdotario existencial (short stories), Outskirts Press (Parker, CO), 2006.

Numerous other writings include the novel Berkeley y yo. Some writings appeared under pseudonym Zorro Viejo.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES

ONLINE

Carlos Lopez Dzur y la Generation del ’70, http://www.geocities.com/baudelaire1998/Indexlopez.htm (May 16, 2007), author’s home page.

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