Dionisio D. Martinez (born 7 April 1956), is a Cuban-born poet who grew up speaking Spanish, raised first in Spain, then in the United States.
His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, New Republic, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review.
He lives in Tampa, Florida.
Awards
1993 Whiting Award
1997 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1998 Guggenheim Fellowship
1999 National Poetry Series, for Climbing Back
Works
Books
(chapbook)
Poems
"Belated Valentine for Alina", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 1995
"Rest before you sleep", Poetry (September 2008) "Tipping over the actuarial tables", Poetry Foundation