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'''Alfredo Cardona Peña''' (11 August 1917 – 31 January 1995 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elem.mx/autor/datos/195|title = Alfredo Cardona Peña - Detalle del autor - Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México - FLM - CONACULTA}}</ref>) was a celebrated journalist, writer, biographer poet and essayist born in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dircultura.go.cr/premios-nacionales/cultura/1985/alfredo-cardona-pena|title=Alfredo Cardona Peña|last=info|date=2019-04-01|website=Dirección de Cultura|language=es-CR|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> Cardona Peña lived and wrote for most of his career in Mexico, where he worked in comics for the publisher [[Novaro]], and became "a singular figure in the history of Mexican science fiction."<ref>''Latin American Science Fiction Writers: An A-to-Z Guide''. Darrell B. Lockhart, ed. [[Westport, Connecticut]]: [[Greenwood Press]], 2004. p. 48-49, {{ISBN|978-0313305535}}</ref>
== Career ==
Cardona began publishing short stories in 1944 in various genres from [[Fairy tale|fairy tales]] to [[Horror fiction|horror]] and [[science fiction]], known for a style of humor and sharp irony.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> Best known for his poetry, he received awards in [[Guatemala]], [[Costa Rica]] and in the [[United States|US]]. In 1945, he became a teacher of Spanish Language Literature at the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico|National University of Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> From 1969 through 1980 he served as the [[editor-in-chief]] of the comic-books section of the celebrated Novaro Publishing House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
== Published works ==
* ''El mundo que tú eres'' (México, 1944)
* ''Valle de México'' (México, 1949)
* ''Poemas numerales'' (Guatemala, 1950)
* ''Bodas de tierra y mar'' (México, 1950), ''Los jardines amantes'' (México, 1952)
* ''Primer paraíso'' (México, 1955)
* ''Poema nuevo'' (México, 1955)
* ''Poesía de pie'' (México, 1959)
* ''Mínimo estar'' (México, 1959)
* ''Oración futura'' (México, 1959)
* ''Poema de la juventud'' (México, 1960)
* ''Poema del retorno'' (México, 1960)
* ''Lectura de mi noche'' (San José, 1963)
* ''Cosecha mayor: 1944-1964'' (San José, 1964)
* ''Confín de llamas'' (México, 1969)
* ''Asamblea plenaria'' (México, 1976)
* ''Anillos en el tiempo'' (San José, 1980)
* ''Viñetas terminales'' (México, 1987)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=cardona-penna-alfredo|title=Cardona Peña, Alfredo (1917-1995). » MCNBiografias.com|website=www.mcnbiografias.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* ''Conversations with Diego Rivera: The Monster in His Labyrinth'' translated by Alvaro Cardona-Hine (United States, [[New Village Press]], 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41632339-conversations-with-diego-rivera|title=Conversations with Diego Rivera|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* National Poetry Award (1962).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dircultura.go.cr/premios-nacionales/cultura/1985/alfredo-cardona-pena|title=Alfredo Cardona Peña|last=info|date=2019-04-01|website=Dirección de Cultura|language=es-CR|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* Central American Poetry Award in Guatemala (1948).
* Continental Poetry Award from the American Atheneum of Washington (1951).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* National Prize for Poetry in Costa Rica (1961).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dircultura.go.cr/premios-nacionales/cultura/1985/alfredo-cardona-pena|title=Alfredo Cardona Peña|last=info|date=2019-04-01|website=Dirección de Cultura|language=es-CR|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* Magón Culture Award (1985), the highest honor given in Costa Rica for lifetime achievement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* Alfonso Reyes Award for Short Story (1983).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
* A posthumous tribute at the fourth National Convention of the Mexican Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1996).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cardona_pena_alfredo|title=Authors : Cardona Peña, Alfredo : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
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