Martinez-Maldonado, Manuel

Manuel Mart nez Maldonado (Puerto Rico). Novelist, poet, film critic and nephrologist. He has written four poetry collections and two novels as well as numerous scientific investigations published in medical journals. His literary career began in 1984, when he published his first poetry book La voz sostenida, followed by Palm Beach Blues (1985), Por amor al arte (1989), Hotel Mar a (1999) and Novela de mediod a (2003). In 1999 was published his first novel, Isla Verde, which was critically acclaimed in Puerto Rico. El vuelo del drag n (Terranova Editores, 2011) is his second novel.