birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date period article_title name occupation
guayama , puerto rico puerto rican '' mundo cruel '' 1970 2000s-present luis negrón
 luis negrón short stories
luis negrón

luis negrón -lrb- born 1970 in guayama , puerto rico -rrb- is a puerto rican writer .
his debut short story collection , `` mundo cruel '' , was published in 2010 and has seen five printings in spanish .
the stories in the book focus on gay life in santurce , a barrio in san juan .
an english translation by suzanne jill levine was published by seven stories press in 2013 , and won the lambda literary award for gay fiction at the 26th lambda literary awards in 2014 .
he was also coeditor , with david caleb acevedo and moisés agosto , of `` los otros cuerpos '' , an anthology of writing by lgbt puerto ricans .
