Rey Andujar

Born in Santo Domingo in 1977, Rey is the author of several works of fiction including Los gestos inútiles (Premio Alba Latinoamericano de Novela 2015-Cuba) Candela (Alfaguara – PR Pen Club Awards 2009); Amoricidio (FIL-Santo Domingo Fiction Award 2006) and Saturnario (Ultramar Literature Prize NYC-2010). He’s been researching the connection between body, language and literature for several years. His performance Ciudadano Cero made the Official Selection at the Santo Domingo International Theater Festival in 2006 and was the inaugural performance at the Puerto Rican International Theater Festival in 2007. Andújar is Artistic Associate at Aguijón Theater and holds PhD in Caribbean Literature and Philosophy. His dissertation, Formas del ascenso: estructura mitológica en Escalera para Electra de Aída Cartagena Portalatín was recently published by Editorial Isla Negra and APEC University in Dominican Republic.