Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Professor, Ph.D. Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, 1985, studied at Queens College, CUNY (B.A. in Spanish, 1977) and at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (M. Philosophy, 1982, and Ph.D. Spanish, 1985). He has taught at Queens College (9/77-6/80), at The Spanish Institute of New York (2/80-8/81), at Lehman College (9/81 to present) and at the Ph.D. Program in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Graduate School and University Center (9/92 to present). He has also taught at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was elected Numerary Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, April 1992, and Correspondent Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (Madrid), April 1992. He has been the President of the Iberoamerican Poets and Writers Guild since April 1992, and President of ALDEEU (Spanish Professionals in America, Inc.), 2002-2004. In February 2008, he was elected, by unanimous vote, Director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. He has been included in the CUNY´s Literary Faculty Winners Circle, May 2008.

His publications include the following books (2000-2008)

• Acentos femeninos y marco estético del nuevo milenio (with R. Corbalán and N. Toscano), New York: ALDEEU, 2000
• Confabulaciones. Estudios sobre artes y letras hispánicas (with R. Corbalán and N. Toscano), New York: ALDEEU, 2001
• Presencia hispánica en los Estados Unidos (coed. with R. Corbalán, N. Toscano and C. Fernández Klohe). New York: St. John´s University / ALDEEU, 2003
• España en las Américas (coed. with N. Toscano). New York: Hispanic Cultural Foundation of the United States, 2004
• Hispanos en los Estados Unidos: Tercer pilar de la hispanidad (coed. with Corbalán, Toscano, Klohe, et al.). New York: Teachers College-Columbia University /ALDEEU, 2004
• Odón Betanzos Palacios: la integridad del árbol herido. New York: Círculo de Escritores Iberoamericanos de New York, 2004
• Locura y éxtasis en las letras y artes hispánicas (coed. with Corbalán, Toscano, Klohe & Castro-Lee). Nueva York: ALDEEU, 2005
• Escritores españoles en los Estados Unidos (ed.). Nueva York: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, 2007

Some of his articles are (2000-2008)

• "La poesía existencial y visionaria de José Corrales," Círculo. Revista de Cultura , Vol. XXIX, 2000, pp. 97-107
• "El exilio como condición humana: la obra narrativa de Roberto Ruiz," in Homenaje a Enrique Diez Canedo, Cauce (University of Seville), 22-23, 2000, pp. 549-555
• Prologue to En un país sin nombre (Retorno a la mitad del mundo), de Petronio Rafael Cevallos, New York, Editorial de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 2000, pp. 11-15
• "Seis retratos de Ramón Gómez de la Serna," Prologue to El imperativo ekfrástico en la prosa de Ramón Gómez de la Serna, by Carmen Fernández Klohe
• "Los herejes también entran en la iglesia," El Fingidor, University of Granada (Spain), Sept. 2001, p. 16
• “Gibraltar, puerta y llave del Al-Andalus”, Centro de Estudios Al-Andalus y Diálogo de civilizaciones,” 2006.<www.andalusite.org>.
• “Por una literatura de avanzada: Crónicas de la guerra de Marruecos (1921-1922), de José Díaz Fernández,” Confluencia, University of Colorado, Spring 2006, vol. 21, 2, pp. 189-192.

As a fiction writer, he has published:

• "Espejismos," (short-story), Acentos femeninos y marco estético del nuevo milenio, ALDEEU, 2000, pp. 163-166
• "Triptych of the Lonely Mountaineer," ("Tríptico del montañero solitario,") (short-story), Foreign Literatures, 3, 2000, University of Beijing, pp. 91-93. (Translated to the Chinese by Gu Hongjuan)
• “El secreto de Artemisia,” Ventana Abierta. Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura. University of California, Santa Barbara, Vol. IV, 13, Fall 2002, pp. 32-44
• “Una noche con Ramón y Lautréamont,” in Presencia hispánica en los Estados Unidos, New York: St. John´s University / ALDEEU, 2003, pp. 273-281
• “Instantáneas,” Andalucía y las Américas: Crisol de mestizajes, Antonio Pamies y Wenceslao Carlos Lozano, eds. Granada: ALDEEU, 2003, pp. 243-248
• “Confessions of an Expatriate: My Encounters with Paul Bowles,” in The Grove. Working Papers on English Studies. Jaén: Universidad de Jaén, 11, 2004, pp. 243-251. Translated into English by Carmen Fernández Klohe
• “Ninfolepsia,” (short-story) in Locura y éxtasis en las letras y artes hispánicas, ALDEEU, New York, 2005, pp. 231-238. With photographs by the author
• “Fatal encuentro,” Ventana Abierta, University of California, Santa Barbara, Vol.V, 18, Spring 2005, pp. 31-33
• “Don Quijote en Manhattan,” in Seis narradores españoles en Nueva York, Editorial Dauro, Granada, 2006, pp. 47-74. “Don Quijote en Manhattan,” (short-story, fragment) in Ventana Abierta, University of California, Santa Barbara, Vol. V, 19, 2005, pp. 39-50
• Desde esta cámara oscura (a novel), Madrid, Editorial Nostrum, 2006.
• Franz Kafka viendo llover en Macondo”, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española <http://asale.org/pdf/cas-Washington.pdf.>, and in Baquiana, Revista Literaria, <http://www.baquiana.com/Numero_LIII_LIV/Opinión_I.htm>

Some of his lectures are (2000-2008)

• "Los herejes también entran en la iglesia," Casa de América, Madrid, Feb. 23, 2000
• Azorín or the Encapsulated Time," The Poetics of Space Conference, 11th Annual Conference, Binghamton University, March 11, 2000
• Reflexiones sobre la lengua española," Organización de Periodistas Iberoamericanos, Consulate of Ecuador, March 31, 2000
• El pensamiento ecologista de Odón Betanzos Palacios," XXI Congreso de Literatura Española y Latinoamericana, Estética y Políticas Culturales: El mundo hispano en el nuevo milenio, Montclair University, New Jersey, April 14, 2000
• The Spanish Language in the New Millenium," Spanish Educational Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 18, 2000
• Anne Bradstreet, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y Rima de Vallbona: de la sumisión a la subversión," Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, Graduate Center, CUNY, April 27, 2000
• Confessions of a Deserter: With Paul Bowles, in Tangier," Interdisciplinary Conference on Madness and Bliss, State University of West Georgia, Atlanta, Nov. 3, 2000
• El Quijote en la narrativa norteamericana contemporánea," XII Coloquio Cervantino Internacional, Universidad de Guanajuato (México), Nov. 21, 2000
• La novela del Indio Tupinamba, by E. F. Granell," 12th Annual Conference, Time, Memory, Text, Binghamton University, March 23-24, 2001
• Lo que sucedió, by E. F. Granell," Montclair State University, April 6, 2001; "El eclecticismo exegético de Elio Alba Buffil," North American Academy of the Spanish Language, St. John's University, April 21, 2001
• A Sotto Voce, de M. Rubin: Romanticismo, ma non troppo," Teachers College, Columbia Uni-versity, April 22, 2001
• Sonetos de la muerte (trascendida), de Odón Betanzos Palacios," Teachers College, June 16, 2001
• Rafael Bejarano, un fotógrafo desconocido del exilio español," XXI Meeting of ALDEEU, University of León (Spain), July 3, 2001
• Eugenio F. Granell in the Americas," LASA (Latin American Studies Association), XXIII International Congress, Washington D.C., September 6, 2001
• The Spanish Exile: 1939-1977," Inauguration of the J.L. Ponce de León Collection of Books on the Spanish Civil War and Exile, Lehman College Library, CUNY, October 11, 2001
• The Four Seasons (A Photographic Essay), Hispanic Festival, Teachers College, Columbia University, October 26, 2001
• Donde habita el poeta," Homenaje a A.M. Arroyo, Asociación Puertorriqueña de Escritores and Spanish Education Program, Teachers College, November 18, 2001
• The Ekphrastic Imperative in the Prose of Ramón Gómez de la Serna," by Carmen Fernández Klohe," Teachers College, Columbia University, November 30, 2001
• Gibraltar, puerta del Al-Andalus,” International Colloquium on Islamic Civilization in Al-Andalus and its Aspects of Tolerance,” Center for the Study of Al-Andalus, Rabat (Morocco), March 12-15, 2002
• Reflections on the History of the Spanish Language,” Ramapo College of New Jersey, April 8, 2002.
• “ALDEEU y sus futuras publicaciones,” Cervantes Institute (New York), April 8, 2002
• “Pintura y Poesía en Rafael Alberti,” University of Murcia (Spain), April 16-19, 2002.
• “Los espejos violados de Frida Kahlo,” Homenaje a la mujer mexicana, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 24, 2002. “Spanish Presence in the Hudson Valley,” The Gómez Mill House Foundation, Newburgh, New York, September 15, 2002.
• "´El faro," de S. Serrrano Poncela," at the XL Congreso Anual, Círculo de Cultura Panamericano, William Paterson University, October 27, 2002
• "Problemática de la enseñanza de lengua española a los estudiantes universitarios de origen hispano," at "Enseñanza del español en los Estados Unidos y en España: retos y oportunidades" Symposium, Junta de Castilla y León-Instituto Cervantes-Graduate Center, CUNY, September 27, 2002. Also presented at XXII Congreso de la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Nov. 14, 2002 and VIII Simposio Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura, Badajoz, December 3, 2003.
• "El teatro de Fernando Arrabal: desde la grotescomaquia al pánico," Junta de Castilla y León, New York University, November 8, 2002
• "Fotografía y literatura en los cuentos de Rosa Chacel," at the Tropology: Text and Context Conference, Binghamton University, March 22, 2003
• "Lautréamont y R. Gómez de la Serna: las afinidades electivas," at Montclair State University, April 2003
• "¿Qué es la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española?," at the Renewal of Spanish Heritage / Renovación de la Herencia Hispana First International Symposium, University of San Antonio, Texas, May 2, 2003
• "Manuel Andújar en el recuerdo," at the XXIII Asamblea General de ALDEEU, Jaén, Spain, July 10, 2003.
• “La Línea de la Concepción, en mis recuerdos,” Ayuntamiento de la Línea de la Concepción, January 12, 2004
• “Presente y futuro de un género literario: el cuento,” Barnard College, APE and CEPI, April 2004
• “Don Quijote y Charlot,” at the XV Coloquio Cervantino Internacional, Guanajuato, 2005. Keynote speaker
• “Mis lecturas del Quijote,” at the presentation of a new edition of el Quijote (Real Academia Española, Editorial Santillana), New York, Barnes and Noble, April 23, 2005.
• “Un surrealista español en el exilio: Eugenio F. Granell,” at the Jornadas sobre la Guerra Civil y el exilio, La España insumisa, Departamento de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 21 de abril 2006. Keynote speaker. A Power Point presentation with photographs by the autor.
• “Don Quijote en la literatura norteamericana,” at the XLIII Congreso Anual del Círculo de Cultura Panamericano, William Paterson University, NJ, November 4, 2005. Also presented –in English- at the Induction Ceremony Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, The High School of American Studies at Lehman College, April 14, 2005.
• “Escritores españoles en los Estados Unidos”, XIII Congreso de la Lengua, sponsored by Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, Medellín (Colombia), March 24, 2007.
• “Franz Kafka viendo llover en Macondo”, Library of Congress, Washington D.D., December 10, 2007
• “La recepción de Miguel Delibes en los Estados Unidos,”, at the Congreso Internacional
• Miguel Delibes 'Cruzando Fronteras: Miguel Delibes , entre lo local y lo universal', Valladolid (Spain), November 8, 2007
• “León el Africano, su Descripción de General del Africa, o el viaje como vislumbre de la otredad,” at Congreso Internaional ´Los derechos humanos en Al-Andalus,” University fo Seville, April 28, 2008

Professional activities (2000-2008)

• Advisor to the Organization of Iberoamerican Journalists, April 2000 to present

• Literary Advisor of Puertas Abiertas, Frames and Stages, New York, April 2000 to October 2001
• Director of XXXV Literary Contest of the Iberoamerican Poets and Writers Guild, Graduate Center, June 23, 2000
• Guest Speaker at 168 Hours, Channel 69, Hispanic Presence in the US, Lehman College, New York, March 30, 2001
• Coorganizer of the I International Symposium on the Hispanic Presence in the United States, St. John's University, May 19, 2001
• Organizer of the session "Spanish Writers in the USA" (Marta López Luaces, Carlos Mellizo and the author), I International Symposium on the Hispanic Presence in the United States, St. John's University, May 19, 2001
• Coorganizer of the Inauguration of the J.L. Ponce de León Collection of Books on the Spanish Civil War & Exile, Lehman College, CUNY, October 11, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of J.L. Ponce de León's lecture, "From Teaching to Writing Novels," Teachers College, Colum-bia University, October 12, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of Pedro Guerrero Ruiz's Lecture, "The Cinematic Transgressions in the Cinema of Luis Buñuel," Teachers College, Columbia University, October 19, 2001
• Coorganizer of Hispanic Festival, co-sponsored by the Spanish Education Program of Teachers College and Frames & Stages, T.C. Columbia University, October 26, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of the Poetry Reading by Odón Betanzos Palacios, Teachers College, Columbia University, October 30, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of Antonio Porpetta's lecture, "Four Elegies to F. García Lorca," Teachers College, Columbia University,. November 13, 2001
• Coorganizer of the Hommage to A.M. Arroyo, co-sponsored by Association of Puerto Rican Writers, Inc. and the Spanish Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, November 18, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of Antonio Acosta's Poetry Reading, Teachers College, Columbia University, November 20, 2001
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Edwin Lamboy's lecture, "Spanish Dialects in the Classroom," Teachers College, Columbia University, December 7, 2001
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Colloquium on Rafael Alberti, University of Murcia (Spain), April 16-19, 2002
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Carmen Fernández Klohe´s lecture, “Instituciones culturales hispánicas en los Estados Unidos,” Teachers College, Columbia University, Feb. 1, 2002.
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Rafael Corbalan´s lecture Nuevas estrategias tecnológicas en la enseñanza del español,” Teachers College, Columbia University, February 8, 2002.
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Stanko Vranich´s lecture, “A New Spanish Syntax for the XXI Century,” Teachers College, Columbia University, February 22, 2002.
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Marta López Luaces reading, “El exilio y su laberinto,” Teachers College, Columbia University, March 1, 2002.
• “Views on the History of the Spanish Language: Europe, Africa and America," The School of American and International Studies," Ramapo College of New Jersey, April 8, 2002.
• Organizer of the book presentation Ultima intemperie, by Antonio Porpetta, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 12, 2002.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Sinalefa. Revista Internacional de Arte y Literatura, New York, January 2002—Present.
• Organizer and Moderator of Dr. Nicolás Toscano´s lecture, “La España medieval: lecciones del pasado para un presente perturbador,” Teachers College, Columbia University, April 5, 2002.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Colloquium on Rafael Alberti, University of Murcia (Spain), April 16-19, 2002.
• Coorganizer of XXII Asamblea General de ALDEEU “Andalucía y las Américas: crisol de mestizajes,” Granada, July 15-19, 2002.
• Coorganizer —with the Instituto Cervantes—of Dr. Juan Manuel Ortega Marín´s lecture, "La herencia árabe en España," Teachers College, Columbia University, February 27, 2003.
• Coorganizer—with the Instituto Cervantes—of Basilio Rodríguez Cañada´s lecture, "Poesía ultimísima española (1980-2000)," Teachers College, Columbia University, Nov. 1, 2002.
• Coorganizer of Dr. Antonio Garrido´s induction to the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, Teachers College, Columbia University, May 4, 2002.
• Organizer of Dr. Oscar Montero´s lecture, "José Martí y ´la nueva mujer,´" Teachers College, Columbia University, March 28, 2003.
• Organizer of Marlene Gottlieb´s lecture, "Doña Juana, la contrafigura de Don Juan," Teachers College, Columbia University, April 4, 2003.
• Organizer of a Poetry Reading by Marta López Luaces, Armando Romero, Francisco Ruiz Noguera, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 10, 2003.
• Organizer of Antonio Porpetta´s lecture, "Poesía, poetas y lectores en el siglo XXI," Teachers College, Columbia University, April 25, 2003.
• Member of the Scientific Committee for VIII Simposio Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura, Badajoz, Dec. 3-5, 2003.
• Member of the Jury of Premio Ignacio Galbis, 2004, sponsored by El Cid. Journal of Tau Iota, Hispanic Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi.
• Coeditor (and cofounder) of Galerna. Revista Internacional de Literatura, New York, June 2003 to 2004.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of XXIV Asamblea General de ALDEEU, Lorca, July 6-10, 2004.
• Coorganizer of Dr. Robert Blake´s induction to the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, St. John´s University, May 14, 2004.
• Member of the Board of the Literary Journal Baquiana, Miami, September 12, 2005 to present.
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Journal The Grove. Working Papers on English studies, Universidad de Jaén, 2004.
• Presentation of Tina Pereda´s book, Quince poemas y un lector, Nazareth College, Rochester, May 21, 2005.
• Member of the Jury of Premio Ignacio Galbis, 2005, sponsored by El Cid. Journal of Tau Iota, Hispanic Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi.
• Evaluator of The Rise and Fall of Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, Michael Tarver et al. eds., for Edwin Mellen Press, July 2005.
• Coorganizer of XXV Asamblea General de ALDEEU, Burgos, July 2-5, 2005
• Participated in Reunión Plenaria de Directores de las Academias de la Lengua Española, sponsored by Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española y Real Academia Española, Salamanca, Sept. 12-14, 2005.
• Collaborated in the compilation of Diccionario del Estudiante, Real Academia Española and Santillana Ediciones, 2005
• Member of the Jury of Premio Ignacio Galbis, 2006, sponsored by El Cid. Journal of Tau Iota, Hispanic Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi
• Evaluator of Carlos Ardavín´s manuscript La transición a la democracia en la novela española: los usos y poderes de la memoria en cuatro novelistas contemporáneos, for Edwin Mellen Press, August 2006
• Member of the Editorial Board of Revista de didáctica, Universidad de Ciudad Real, May 2006 to present
• Member of the Editorial Board of Glosas, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, New York, September 2006 to present
• Coorganizer of Nereo López Meza´s lectura, “Nereo en el Caribe colombiano”, Lehman College, April 11, 2008. Welcoming remarks: “ El mundo de Nereo López Meza, fotógrafo”
• Member of the Jury, Premio Ignacio Galbis, sponsored by El Cid, Journal of Tau Iota, Hispanic Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi, May 2008
• Editor of Boletín Informativo de la ANLE (Feb.-March, 2008)

Reviews and mentions about the author and his works:

• "Cabalga también en Estados Unidos. El XII Coloquio Cervantino Internacional," by Antonio Lascurain, a.m. Guanajuato, México, Nov. 22, 2000
• "Gerardo Piña-Rosales, un embajador linense en América," by Antonio García, Area. Diario del Campo de Gibraltar, Dec. 24, 2000, pp. 8 & 9
• "Trilogía de un artista: vida, pensamiento y obra de Gerardo Piña-Rosales," by Edgard Bernal, Puertas Abiertas, New York, Frames and Stages, Dec. 15-Feb.4, 2001
• El instante hecho poesía: el arte fotográfico de Gerardo Piña-Rosales," by Balbina Vásquez, Diario Las Américas (Miami), Feb. 4, 2001, p. 12-B
• "Acentos femeninos y marco estético del nuevo milenio, Rafael Corbalán Torres, Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Nicolás Toscano Liria, eds.," by Raúl Miranda Rico, Gaceta Iberoamericana, Spring 2001, pp. 3 &4
• "La experiencia transvisual de Gerardo Piña-Rosales," by Joaquín Badajoz, Baquiana, Revista de Artes y Letras, 2001
• "El Círculo de Escritores y Poetas Iberoamericanos de Nueva York rinde homenaje a Odón Betanzos Palacios,” Baquiana, http://www.baquiana.com/numero_xxxiii_xxxiv.
• F. Alvarez Koki recolle a obra poetica de nove españois residentes en Nova York,” Galicia Hoxe, Feb. 14, 2004. Se recuerda el Charlot de Chaplin,” by Cecilia Barreto, May 21, 2004, a.m., Guanajuato, México, p. 1.
• Gerardo Piña, Hijo Predilecto, dona su biblioteca a la ciudad de la La Línea,” by Luis Corbacho, Area. El Diario del Campo de Gibraltar, January 13th, 2004, p. 9
• “Editan en Nueva York un libro que homenajea a O. Betanzos,” by Carlos López, in Huelva Información, March 2005.
• “Gerardo Piña engrandeció su distinción de Hijo Predilecto,” by Josele Fernández, in Europa Sur, January 13, 2004, p. 14.
• “El Pleno nombra de manera unánime Hijo Predilecto de la Ciudad a Gerardo Piña,” by Francis Heredia, Sur, pp. 1 and 11.
• “El catedrático linense Gerardo Piña es ya Hijo Predilecto de la ciudad,” by Eva Reyes, Faro Información, January 13th, 2004, p. 14.
• “Una obra que honra a Odón Betanzos,” by Luis Mario, Diario Las Américas, April 14, 2005, p. 5A.
• “Odón Betanzos Palacios o la integridad del árbol herido, de Gerardo Piña Rosales,” by Raúl Miranda Rico, Gaceta Iberoamericana, Washington, Spring 2005, pp. 1,2,7
• “Odón Betanzos: un árbol vivo,” by Joaquín Badajoz, Minerva, Tampa, Vol. VI, 1, August 2006., p. 9. Review of O. Betanzos Palacios o la integridad del árbol herido.
• “Gerardo Piña, ´Premio de Novela en Lorca´,” by José Manuel Fernández, Europa Sur Digital, June 25, 2006
• “Gerardo Piña-Rosales gana el Premio de Novela “Ayuntamiento y Casino de Locra,” Laverdad.es, May 26, 2006.
• “Disertan sobre Eugenio Fernández Granell,” El Vocero de Puerto Rico, April 21, 2006, p. 1.
• El escritor y académico linense Gerardo Piña Rosales participa en un congreso internacional en Valladolid. Diario Independiente de la Línea de la Concepción. <www.diariodelalinea.com>, Feb. 11, 2007
• “Desde esta cámara oscura, de Gerardo Piña-Rosales: Breve visita a la madriguera,” by Daniel R. Fernández, Revista Literaria Baquiana, Número 47-48, May-August 2007
• “Odón Betanzos Palacios o la integridad del árbol herido, Gerardo Piña-Rosales, ed.,” by Joaquín Badajoz, Revista Literaria Baquiana 2007
• “Ilusión autobiográfica: Desde esta cámara oscura, de Gerardo Piña-Rosales,” by Antonio Pamies, El Fingidor, Revista de la Universidad de Granada, 2008
• Opiniones de la ANLE sobre el español, Diario de América March 24, 2008, hmt.