Julio Valle Castillo

Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a Poet, painter, and a literary critic, and art critic.

Early life and career
Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s. Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez, served as editor of "Poesía Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government.

As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura (INC) (Nicaraguan Institute of Culture).

Literary works

 * Published
 * Las armas iniciales (1977)
 * Las primeras notas del laúd (1977)
 * Formas migratorias (1979)
 * Materia jubilosa (1986)
 * Ronda tribal para el nacimiento de Sandino (1981)
 * Con los pasos cantados (1998)


 * Poetry
 * Poetas modernistas de Nicaragua (1978)
 * Rimbaud entre nosotros (1993)
 * Poesía francesa / Traducciones nicaragüenses (1993);
 * Hija del día / Artes poéticas nicaragüenses (1994);
 * Nicaragua: cuentos escogidos (1998)
 * Cuentos nicaragüenses (2002)


 * Essays
 * El inventario del paraíso (1986)
 * La catedral de León de Nicaragua (2000)
 * Las humanidades de la poesía nicaragüense (2001)


 * Novel
 * Réquiem en Castilla del Oro (1966)