Consuelo Hernández (poet)
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Consuelo Hernández | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) El Peñol, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Occupation | Poet, literary critic, professor, scholar |
| Language | Spanish, English |
| Genre | Poetry, literary criticism |
Consuelo Hernández (born 1952) is a Colombian American poet, scholar, literary critic and associate professor of Latin American studies at American University since 1995.
She has received an "Antonio Machado" Award for the poem "Polifonía sobre rieles" among participants from 29 countries in Madrid, Spain, on October 17, 2011. She is a finalist at the international poetry contest of "Ciudad Melilla" in Spain and at the concurso "Letras de Oro" at the University of Miami. In 2003 she received an award from the Salvadoran Consulate in New York City for her poetry. In 2005 her poetry collection Manual de peregrina was included in the Special Library's collection at American University. She has read her poetry in the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Haskell Center, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Fundación Pablo Neruda in Chile, the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University, the University of Kentucky, the City University of New York, the University of Pécs in Hungary, and many other venues. Her poetry has been included in numerous anthologies in Latin America, Europe, Canada and the United States.
A worldwide traveler, since 1977 she left her native Colombia, lived in several countries and has visited more than thirty. She has earned a PhD from New York University, an MA from the Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela), and a BA from the Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia).[1]
- Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, James Street Prize in recognition for Scholarly Excellence and the best article published in the 2011 Volume 24 of Latin American Essays
- Mentor Appreciation Certificate. Preparing Future Faculty Program to Help Doctoral and Master Students Meet the Responsibilities of Teaching, Research and Service. Arizona State University
- Celia Siegel Award for Excellence in Teaching. Graduate School of Sciences and Arts, New York University
- Ciarf Wagner Fellowship for Research Excellence. New York University
- Nominated for the Dr. Carol S. Russet Award. Westchester/Rockland Region of the American Council on Education/National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration
- Declared Honor Guest in El Salvador" by the Mayor and the Council. El Salvador
- NEH Summer scholarship. Claremont Graduate University, CA
- Scholarship Summer at El Escorial awarded by Universidad Complutense, Madrid Spain
- Graduate Student Award for Academic Achievement, New York University
- Graduate Faculty Award. American University.
- Elected Chair of the Spanish Department at Manhattanville College,1994
Poetry collections
- Voces de la Soledad (1982)
- Solo de violin. Poemario para músicos y pintores (1997)
- Manual de peregrina (2004)
- Poemas de escombros y cenizas / Poems from Debris and Ashes (2006)
- Polifonía sobre rieles (2011)
- Poetry in April. Latino-American Poets.Antología 2015 (2015.)Co-edited with Chip Gerfen.
- Mi reino sin orillas (2011)
- El tren de la muerte (2018)
- Wake of Chance / Estela del azar (2021)
- Mordiendo la penumbra (2025)
