Richie Narváez nació en Williamsburg, Brooklyn, en el 1964. Su madre era de Ponce, su padre de Corozal. Escritor de múltiples géneros, ha publicado más de cien cuentos, ensayos y poemas. Es autor de dos novelas, Hipster Death Rattle y Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco, que ganaron el premio Agatha y el premio Anthony, y dos colecciones de cuentos, Roachkiller and Other Stories y Noiryorican. Recibió el premio BRIO y fue nombrado Artista Residente por el Consejo de las Artes del Bronx. Vive en Nueva York.
“Lo que me inspira a escribir es intentar entender el mundo y a mí mismo de la mejor manera que sé. Lo que me inspira a escribir es el conflicto constante en la condición humana. Lo que me inspira a escribir es la sonrisa de mi madre cuando le compartía mis cuentos”. Richie se tomará un tiempo libre el próximo año para completar sus libros. “Recibir esta beca es un regalo magnífico. Después de trabajar para representar a mi gente y contar sus historias, trabajando en los márgenes durante tanto, tanto tiempo, siento que finalmente me ven”.
Richie Narváez was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 1965. His mother was from Ponce, and his father was from Corozal. A multi-genre writer, he has published over a hundred short stories, essays, and poems. He is the author of two novels, Hipster Death Rattle and Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco, which won the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award, and two short story collections, Roachkiller and Other Stories and Noiryorican. He received the BRIO award and was named Artist in Residence by the Bronx Council on the Arts. He lives in New York.
“What inspires me to write is trying to understand the world and myself in the best way I know how. What inspires me to write is the constant conflict in the human condition. What inspires me to write is my mother’s smile when I showed her my stories.” Richie plans to take some time off next year and complete his unfinished books. “To receive this fellowship is a magnificent gift. After working to represent my people and to tell their stories, working on the margins, for so, so long, this feels like I am finally seen.”