Miguel Gomes

MIGUEL GOMES (1964) was born in Caracas to Portuguese parents and educated in Venezuela and Portugal. He has lived in the United States since 1989, where he has pursued a career as a scholar. The author of several works of fiction, his writing explores themes of memory, displacement, and cultural hybridity. He has been the recipient of the Caracas Municipal Prize for Literature, and has twice won the yearly short story prize awarded by the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional. His debut novel, Portrait of a Gentleman, was originally published by Editorial Planeta Venezolana in 2015.