innovative application of semiotic principles to the problems of propagandistic literature, an impressive mustering of the resources of traditional rhetorical study, references to the most reliable and veritable constellation of modern scholars, and the postulation of a number of new principles, extremely useful, all of them, for analyzing literature in its social context.” He has lectured at universities in the United States, Latin America, and Spain, and has published papers in numerous university journals. His poems have appeared in literary journals in many parts of the world. His book of poetry , published in Caracas in 2007, sold out the same day it was made available to the public. His long poem “” about the Alzheimer's disease received an award in Murcia, Spain, in 2008 and in February 2010 became a book published in Villahermosa, Mexico. He is writing a book about García Lorca’s visit to New York in 1929-1930, and is preparing several books and anthologies for the Venezuelan publishing houses El Perro y la Rana and Monte Ávila, and for other publishers in Spain, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. These books include one of Caribbean poets living in the U.S.; one of contemporary Dominican poets; a study on the poetics of motherhood; a translation of American poet John Curl’s poetry; and a study of Spanish poet Miguel Hernández. He has participated in numerous international poetry festivals in Mexico (Mexico City and Tabasco), Cuba, Brasil (Fliporto), Spain, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Turkey (Izmir), the Festival Mundial de Poesía in Caracas, Venezuela, and the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, Colombia. Some of his poems have also been translated into English, Romanian, Belarusian, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish. In May 2009, he received a “Médaille de Vermeil” from the Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters of Paris in recognition for his poetic work. References Bibliography , trad. Gaetano Longo e Daria Potok, Trieste, FrancoPuzzoEditore, 2011, . Premio Internazionale Trieste Poesia 2011 Otridades. (Zamora, Spain, 2010) . (Caracas, Venezuela, 2010) . (Villahermosa, Mexico, 2010) Jerarquías. (CD) (Villahermosa, Mexico, 2009) . Vol. I [1930-1980] (Santo Domingo, 2007) and Vol. II [1981-2008] (Santo Domingo, 2008) . (Caracas, Venezuela, 2007) (under revision to appear in the US as Book of Fragments and Other Poems) Book of Fragments. (Calcutta, India 1993) . (México, 1988) . (Buenos Aires, 1988) Literature of the Americas. Two Vols. [Co-authored] (Dubuque, Iowa, 1986) Los otros. (Santo Domingo, 1981) .