José Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a Panamanian contemporary writer, video artist and documentary photographer. He is the author of short stories, poems and essays. Rodríguez Pittí is author of the books Panamá Blues (2010, miniTEXTOS (2008), Sueños urbanos (2008) and Crónica de invisibles (1999). Most of his stories and essays were published in literary magazines and newspapers. In 1994, the Universidad de Panamá awarded him with the Premio "Darío Herrera". Other literary honors received are Accesit in the Premio Nacional "Signos" 1993 (Panamá), Concurso Nacional de Cuentos "José María Sánchez" 1998 (Panamá), Concurso "Amadís de Gaula" 1999 (Soria, España) and the Concurso "Maga" de Cuento Corto 2001 (Panamá)

Early life and education

Rodríguez Pittí was born in Panama City on 29 March 1971. He grew up in Mexico City, Santiago de Veraguas and Panamá City. He is resident of Toronto, Canada. Graduated from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, was Computer Vision, Programming Languages and Deep Learning Professor at the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá and Universidad Santa María la Antigua.

Biography

President of the Writers Association of Panama from 2008 to 2010. Founder and President of Fundación El Hacedor (since 2007). From 1990 to 1995 he traveled extensively in the Panamanian region of Azuero to collect stories and photograph, the body of three photo essays: "Viernes Santo en Pesé", "Cuadernos de Azuero", and "Noche de carnaval". Other photography essays are "De diablos, diablicos y otros seres de la mitología panameña" and "Regee Child". Some of his photographs are cover art of books published in Panamá. His work has been exhibited in Panamá, México, Canadá and Italy.

Awards and honors

Works

Fiction

Photobooks

Machine learning

Anthologies