# Mateo Morrison

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{{Short description|Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist}}
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| name        = Mateo Morrison
| image       = Mateo Morrison.jpg
| caption     = Mateo Morrison in 2012
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1946|4|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo), [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)
| occupation  = Poet, novelist
| language    = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_(language))
| nationality = [Dominican](/source/Dominican_people_(Dominican_Republic))
| genre       = [Drama](/source/Drama), [Romantic](/source/Romance_novel)
| children    = [Milton Morrison](/source/Milton_Morrison)

}}

'''Mateo Morrison Fortunato''' (born 14 April 1946) is a Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist. He won the ''Premio Nacional de Literatura'' of the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic) in 2010.<ref>[http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2010/1/26/311518/ Hoy: Premio Nacional] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130106062646/http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2010/1/26/311518/ |date=2013-01-06 }}{{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Biography==
Morrison is the son of Egbert Morrison, a native of [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), and Efigenia Fortunato. He studied at the ''Latin American and Caribbean Center for Cultural Development'' in Venezuela, majoring in Cultural Management. He started the ''[Cesar Vallejo](/source/Cesar_Vallejo) Literary Workshop'' in the latter part of the 1970s and, in 2010, became the twentieth recipient of the ''Premio Nacional de Literatura'', being honored especially for his poetry.<ref>[http://www.elnacional.com.do/semana/2010/2/6/39123/Pocas-veces-el-Premio-Nacional-de-Literatura-habia-tocado-tan-cerca-a El Nacional: Announcement of Prize and biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326003325/http://www.elnacional.com.do/semana/2010/2/6/39123/Pocas-veces-el-Premio-Nacional-de-Literatura-habia-tocado-tan-cerca-a |date=2010-03-26 }}{{in lang|es}}</ref> He was director of the Department of Culture of the [Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo](/source/Universidad_Aut%C3%B3noma_de_Santo_Domingo) (UASD) and has served as the Sub-Secretary of Culture for the Dominican Republic since his appointment in 2008 by [Leonel Fernández](/source/Leonel_Fern%C3%A1ndez).

==Selected works==
*''Abril del ’65 : Visión Poética'', Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias (2000) {{ISBN|99934-410-2-3}} 
*''Pablo Neruda y Su Presencia'', Camara Dominicano del Libro (2004) {{ISBN|978-99934-422-1-9}} 
*''Un Silencio que Camina : Novela'', Editora Búho (2007) {{ISBN|978-9945-161-77-9}} 
*''Estático en la Memoria y Otros Textos'', Santuario (2009) {{ISBN|978-9945-00-232-4}} 
*''Política Cultural, Legislación y Derechos Culturales en República Dominicana'', Ediciones de la Secretaría de Estado de Cultura (2009) {{ISBN|978-9945-001-42-6}} 
*''El Abrazo de las Sombras'', Santuario (2011) {{ISBN|978-9945-00-487-8}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official|http://www.mateomorrison.com/ }}

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Category:20th-century Dominican Republic poets
Category:Dominican Republic male poets
Category:Lawyers from Santo Domingo
Category:Writers from Santo Domingo
Category:21st-century Dominican Republic poets
Category:Dominican Republic people of Cocolo descent

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