Duque, Aquilino

b. 1931, Seville

   Writer

   Cosmopolitan poet, novelist and translator who studied in Cambridge and worked in Italy for the United Nations, Duque began publishing poetry collections with De palabra en palabra (From Word to Word) (1967), winning the 1968 Leopoldo Panero Poetry Prize. Two novels, La operación Marabu (Operation Marabu) (1966) and Los consulados del más allá (Consulates of the World Beyond) (1966) preceded the brief fiction collection, La rueda de fuego (Wheel of Fire) (1971), winner of the 1970 Washington Irving Prize. Long novels, La linterna mágica (The Magic Lantern) (1971) and El mono azul (Blue Coverall) (1973), received more attention, but Duque's forte is the short story.

   JANET PÉREZ