Frank Báez

Frank Báez is a Dominican poet, editor, and writer, born in 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Frank Báez
Born1979
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
OccupationPoet
NationalityDominican
Notable awardsNational Poetry Prize Salomé in 2009
Santo Domingo Book Fair First Prize in 2006

Frank’s collection of stories Págales tú a los psicoanalistas won the 2006 Santo Domingo Book Fair First Prize for short stories.[1] His poetry collection Postales also won the National Poetry Prize Salomé Ureña in 2009.[2] Frank is an editor of the online poetry review Ping Pong.[3]

He also is a member of the band El Hombrecito (The Little Man).[4]

Books
  • Jarrón y otros poemas. Editorial Betania, Madrid, 2004.
  • Postales, 2009.
  • En Rosario no se baila cumbia
  • En Granada no duerme nadie
  • Págales tú a los pscicoanalistas (For the Psychoanalysts, You Pick Up the Tab!) Editorial Ferilibro, Santo Domingo, 2007.
  • Postales, 2009.
  • Latin American anthology Cuerpo plural: Antología de la poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea, Editorial Pre Textos, 2010
  • Anoche soñé que era un DJ / Last Night I Dreamt I Was A DJ. Translated by P. Scott Cunningham and Hoyt Rogers. Jai-Alai Books, 2014.

Albums
  • La última Vuelta
  • Llegó El Hombrecito (The Hombrecito Has Arrived)
  • La última vuelta en vivo en el Palacio de Bellas Artes

References
  1. Frank Baez. Words Without Borders.
  2. NE Review. Vol 33. 2012.
  3. Revista Ping Pong.
  4. "El Hombrecito". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
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