Jos茅 Ram贸n Vilahomat Gonz谩lez was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. His family settled in a Havana suburb in 1962, where he lived until he was 27 years old. In 1978, Vilahomat began a physics degree at the University of Havana, where he later worked for eight years as a planar technician, building silicon solar cells and in charge of scientific literature in a laboratory of the Solid State Department. Vilahomat combined his years in the lab with a new career in philology that was more in line with his love of poetry and creative writing. During his college years, he was an accomplished swimmer.
Vilahomat graduated in 1992 in philology with a specialization in Cuban literature and a thesis on the Cuban writer Ezequiel Vieta. After defecting from Cuba in 1994, he completed a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Spanish, both at Florida International University, with a dissertation on aesthetic issues in Borges and Lezama. Some of Vilahomat's work experience includes being a librarian at the cultural institution "Casa de las Americas" in Havana, a high school science teacher with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, a professional printer, a translator, an editor, and a photojournalist.
Dr. Vilahomat teaches courses on modernism and vanguardism, the Latin American boom, and seminars on Borges and Lezama. He specializes in new trends in current literature. Among his publications are a book on aesthetic issues in Borges and Lezama, a study of genre in new trends, and four poetry books.
Scholarly Publications
- BOOKS:
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: apuntes sobre literatura latinoamericana contempor谩nea. Madrid/Frankfurt a. M.: Iberoamericana/Vervuert. 2021
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Newark: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs. 2004.听https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/29/
- "Construcci贸n par贸dica del paisaje policial en M谩scaras de Leonardo Padura Fuentes" [
The Parodic Making of Crime Fiction Landscape in M谩scaras by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
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Argus-a
. Vol. VIII Edici贸n N掳 32 (June 2019). California - U.S.A. / Bs. As.- Argentina.听
- "Distop铆a, parodia, utop铆a: repensando M茅xico a trav茅s de听
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Leyenda
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Argus-a Artes & Humanidades
, Argentina/California, V. 21 (Julio 2016).听
- "Margen gen茅rico y tema antisocial: una respuesta fragmentaria a un universo fractal."听
Argus-a Artes & Humanidades
, Argentina/California, II. 6 (Octubre 2012).听
- "S谩tira menipea en trayecto: La literatura latinoamericana actual vuelve a los or铆genes."听
笔迟别谤辞诲谩肠迟颈濒辞:Revista de Arte, Literatura y Ling眉铆stica
, The University of Texas at Austin. Fall; 9 (2010): 1-25.听
- "S谩tira h铆brida y sujeto menipeo: la literatura cubana y latinoamericana actual."听
Esp茅culo. Revista de estudios literarios
. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 44. XIV (March-June 2010)听
- "Lazarillo de Tormes: Preinstancias del discurso postmoderno desde el sujeto h铆brido."听
Lemir: Revista听Electr贸nica sobre Literatura Espa帽ola Medieval y del Renacimiento
, 2005; 9: (no pagination). (journal article)听
- "La historia por el tragaluz: una aproximaci贸n cortazariana."听
笔迟别谤辞诲谩肠迟颈濒辞
: Revista de Arte, Literatura y 听听听 Ling眉铆stica. The University of Texas at Austin 2005 Fall; 4 (4): 48-54. (journal article)听
- "Sor Mar铆a de Jes煤s 脕greda: la autoridad de la fe."听
Lemir: Revista Electr贸nica sobre Literatura Espa帽ola听
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Medieval y del Renacimiento
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- Acknowledgment as a Planar Technician in the
Fabrication of Silicon Solar CellS:
- "Infrared response in monocrystalline silicon solar cells"听
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- "Fabrication of silicon solar cells with textured surface."
听Cuban Journal of Physics
. IX.1. 1989.听
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- "Study and use of nickel contacts in silicon solar cells."听
Cuban Journal of Physics
. XI.1. 1991.听
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