Textos escogidos
By: Virgilio Díaz Grullón ; selección y prólogo de Pedro Vergés
Contributors: Vergés, Pedro, 1945- editor
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Biblioteca dominicana básica -- 7; Narrativa; Biblioteca dominicana básica -- 7.; Narrativa (Editora Nacional (Dominican Republic))
Publisher: Ministerio de Cultura de la República Dominicana
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Language: spa
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789945503166
Work titles: Short stories
Notes: Selected classic texts of Virgilio Díaz Grullón (1924-2001) a Dominican writer, poet and lawyer. His work includes fiction with urban themes and social commentary and he is considered one of the best short story writers of the Dominican Republic. His novel Los algarrobos también sueñan is a strong attack on the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. In 1958 he was awarded the Dominican National Prize for Short Story, in 1977 he won the Annual Prize for Novel Manuel de Jesús Galván for Los algarrobos también sueñan and in 1997 he received the Dominican Republic National Prize for Literature as recognition for his life's work.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxi-xxiv).
Table of contents: title: La obra narrativa de Virgilio Díaz Grullón o el desarrollo de un esquema oculto / Pedro Vergés; title: De Un día cualquiera (1958); title: De Crónicas de Altocerro (1966); title: De Más allá del espejo (1975); title: Los algarrobos también sueñan (1977); title: De Antinostalgia de una era (1989).