Prominent Dominican writer Marcio Veloz Maggiolo died on Saturday after being admitted to the intensive care unit of a health center for several weeks after being diagnosed with coronavirus.
According to the Dominican Academy of Language, Marcio is not only a writer, but also a storyteller, poet, essayist, literary critic, archaeologist and anthropologist.
Likewise, he was a columnist for the LISTÍN DIARIO.
Among other things, he received the National Poetry Prize (1961) for Intus; National Novel Prize (1962) with The Good Thief; National Novel Award (1981), The Diffuse Biography of Sombra Castañeda; National Short Story Award (1981), The Fruitful Agony of Love; National Novel Award (1990) with raw material; National Novel Prize (1992), Cabaret Rites; National Literature Prize (1996) and National Book Fair Prize (1997) for Trujillo, Villa Francisca and other spirits.
Marcio published by international publishers
Some of Marcio’s books published by Spanish publishers are “The Man with the Accordion” (Siruela, 2003), “The Soldier Fly” (Siruela, 2003) and “The True Story of Aladino” (Santillana Alfaguara, 2007).