JOSÉ TOMÁS PÉREZ
He was born on February 14, 1956 inSantiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic). He has held important positions in the Dominican government: Director of Industrial Developmen...view moreJOSÉ TOMÁS PÉREZ
He was born on February 14, 1956 inSantiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic). He has held important positions in the Dominican government: Director of Industrial Development, Director of Civil Aviation, National District Senator and currently serves as Ambassador of the Dominican Republicto the United States.
From a young age he felt a strong inclination towards literature, which he began to cultivate as a college student by drafting unpublished poetry and stories. However, his dedication to politics led him to postpone for many a year his outright entry into the world of letters. In September 2018 he finally published his first novel: The people behind the wall, a 249-pager where he vividly sets forth the political and social reality that Latin American peoples endure. The shadow of death is his second novel. Through this novel, literature has again returned to occupy its rightful place in the author’s life.view less