CARLOS RUBIO ALBET was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba. In 1961 he came to the United States and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. His first short story was published while attending Concord College in Athens, West Virginia. His work, in English and Spanish, has appeared in the anthologies 20 Cuentistas Cubanos, Cuban American Writers, Distinct Voices, Narrativa y Libertad and Motu Proprio. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the "Nuevo León International Prize for Novels." He has been twice a finalist in the Letras de Oro literary competition. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award. He is currently working on a new novel entitled Forgotten Objects.
CARLOS RUBIO ALBET nació en Pinar del Río, Cuba. En 1961 emigró a los Estados Unidos donde concluyó sus estudios de bachillerato en Wilmington, Delaware. Su primer cuento salió a la luz mientras cursaba estudios universitarios en Concord College, en Athens, West Virginia. Su obra, en inglés y en español, ha aparecido en las antologías 20 Cuentistas Cubanos, Cuban American Writers, Distinct Voices, Narrativa y Libertad y Motu Proprio. En 1989 su novela Quadrivium obtuvo el "Premio Internacional de Novela Nuevo León". Ha sido dos veces finalista en el concurso literario Letras de Oro. En 2004 su novela Tiempo Muerto recibió el premio Book of the Year Award de la revista Foreword. Actualmente trabaja en una nueva novela titulada Forgotten Objects.
Book of the Year Award, 2004, Dead Time
II Premio Internacional de Novela Nuevo León, 1989, Quadrivium
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
2005 Finalist - Secret Memories / Recuerdos Secretos
Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award
2004 Finalist - Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction
2003 Silver Award - Dead Time / Tiempo Muerto
ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award
1995 Finalist - Pirate's Alley Faulkner Literary Competition - Novella category
1994 Finalist - Letras de Oro Literary Competition - Novel category
1993 Finalist - Letras de Oro Literary Competition - Novel category
1989 Winner - II Premio Internacional de Novela Nuevo León - QUADRIVIUM
1988 Finalist - I Premio Internacional de Novela Nuevo León - SAGA
1974 2nd Place - Sigma Delta Pi Literay Comptetion - XINEF, THE ETERNAL
Short Story Category
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