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3 unusual facts about Javier Abril Espinoza


Honduran literature

In the young generation of poets, major voices include he three most prominent figures of contemporary Honduran literature are novelist and short story writer Roberto Quesada, with his novel Los barcos, poet and editor Amanda Castro, and writer and playwright Javier Abril Espinoza, author of Un ángel atrapado en el huracán and Cuentos para niños y niñas.

Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda and Javier Abril Espinoza represent a new wave of 21st century Honduras writers.

Javier Abril Espinoza

In 1996 he won the Pablo Neruda Prize for his poetry collection De aquí en adelante... from now on... (1996 - UPNH), and the Mari Paz Ovidi Premio Internacional de Cuentos Mari Paz Ovidi International Short Story Prize, organized by the Australian publishing house Terra Austral, in 2005.



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