Julio Valle Castillo | |
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| Born | August 10, 1952 Masaya, Nicaragua |
| Pen name | JVC |
| Occupation | poet, painter, essayist, literary critic, piedrero and art critic |
| Nationality |  Nicaraguan |
Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a Poet, painter, and a literary critic, and art critic.
Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. [1] Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s. [2] Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez, [3] served as editor of "Poesía Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government. [4]
As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura (INC) (Nicaraguan Institute of Culture). [5]
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