Articles by Álvaro Vergara

Álvaro Vergara (Bogotá, 1982) Is an English, Spanish and Kriol-language poet, critic, narrator and multidisciplinary digital artist who grew up in Nicaragua´s Caribbean Coast. Vergara is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable creators from the new generation. In 2007, he published Conflagración Caribe (Managua, INC-enitel) Spanish and Kriol-language poetry with deconstructive lyrical form and a contemporary perspective on several historical literary subject-matters like love, lust, politics, ethics and the existential self. In 2010, Vergara's poetry was also included in 4M3R1C4 Novísima Poesía Latinoamericana (Santiago de Chile, Ed. Ventana Abierta) along with a selection of the most vaulting young avant garde poets from every country in Latin America.