Quince Duncan (born 1940 in
San José,
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), is regarded as Costa Rica's first
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writer in the
Spanish language
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. His works typically concern the Afro-Caribbean population living on Costa Rica's
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coast, particularly around the city of
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. His novels and short stories have been awarded Costa Rica's National Literature Prize (
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) and
Premio Editorial Costa Rica
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. He has also published a novel in
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, ''A Message from Rosa''. With
Carlos Meléndez Chaverri
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he wrote that the life of enslaved woman
Ana Cardoso was one that was common, but often unrecorded, and a significant contributor to the development of Costa Rican society.
Personal life
He has three sons from his first marriage, Andrés, Jaime and Pablo, to whom he dedicated his book ''Los Cuentos del Hermano Araña''. He also has two daughters from his second marriage, Shara and Denise.
Bibliography
* "Una canción en la madrugada" (short story, 1970)
* ''Hombres curtidos'' (novel, 1971)
* "El negro en Costa Rica" (with
Carlos Meléndez) (essay, 1972)
* ''Los cuatro espejos'' (novel, 1973)
* "La rebelión pocomía, y otros relatos" (short story, 1974)
* ''Los cuentos del Hermano Araña'' (children's stories, 1975)
* "El negro en la literatura costarricense" (essay, 1975)
* ''Los cuentos de Jack Mantorra'' (children's stories, 1977)
* ''La paz del pueblo'' (novel, 1978)
* ''Final de calle'' (novel, 1980)
* "Teoría y práctica del racismo" (with
Lorein Powell) (essay, 1984)
* ''Kimbo'' (novel, 1990)
* ''Un señor de chocolate'' (anecdotes, 1997)
* "Contra el silencio" (essay, 2001)
* ''A Message from Rosa'' (novel, 2004)
References
Living people
1940 births
Costa Rican male writers
Costa Rican male short story writers
Costa Rican short story writers
Male novelists
Costa Rican novelists
Writers from San José, Costa Rica
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