Julio Valle Castillo

Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.

Valle-Castillo studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. Valle-Castillo began publishing his poems in Pablo Antonio Cuadra's newspaper supplement, "La Prensa Literaria", in the 1970s. Valle-Castillo later published his first book in 1977, "Las Armas Iniciales". Valle-Castillo, along with Mayra Jiménez, served as editor of "Poesía Libre", a monthly publication published during the Sandinista government.

As of 2006, Julio Valle-Castillo served as the director of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura (INC) (Nicaraguan Institute of Culture).

Published

• Las armas iniciales (1977)
• Las primeras notas del laúd (1977)
• Formas migratorias (1979)
• Materia jubilosa (1986)
• Ronda tribal para el nacimiento de Sandino (1981)
• Con los pasos cantados (1998)

Poetry

• Poetas modernistas de Nicaragua (1978)
• Rimbaud entre nosotros (1993)
• Poesía francesa / Traducciones nicaragüenses (1993);
• Hija del día / Artes poéticas nicaragüenses (1994);
• Nicaragua: cuentos escogidos (1998)
• Cuentos nicaragüenses (2002)

Essays

• El inventario del paraíso (1986)
• La catedral de León de Nicaragua (2000)
• Las humanidades de la poesía nicaragüense (2001)

Novel

• Réquiem en Castilla del Oro (1966)

• Leonor González, Marta. "Julio Valle-Castillo, pajaritero mayor". La Prensa Litararia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-09-20.