People

De: Roberto Pelaez Romero

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Many of those who read the book of stories People, Roberto Pelaez Romero's debut feature, agreed that they wanted to read more. With the appearance of People II, they must be rubbing their hands in anticipation. The experienced journalist, turned writer, once again shows off his direct writing style. A way with words that’s reflected on the title of the book as such, and each of the short stories he offers us. In some stories there is a kind of return to one’s roots (Chicho), to the pain for the loss of his mother, the writer journalist in this case resorts to the theme in the story Visit and shows through his words that one lives with the pain of not having those he loves, but the memories are ever present. Because of the way they’re written, each chapter its own individual story, the reader has the chance to open People II and start reading, without having to go back to reread any of it.

Maritza Maldonado B.
Las Vegas. April 2022

Roberto Peláez Romero was born in Guantánamo, Cuba. He has a degree in journalism from the Universidad de Oriente. He worked for more than a quarter of a century in the newspaper of his native province. He oversaw the sports column, in the newspaper Venceremos (which in the early 1990s became a weekly). He covered multiple provincial, national, and international competitions. He has interviewed multiple cultural personalities, as well as Olympic, World and Pan American champions. He is the winner of first place awards in journalism and literature contests. In 2003, he received the Guantánamo City Prize in a Solemn Assembly, on the 133rd anniversary of the Villa Declaration. Later, already in the United States, he received the Rumi Award, of international scope, for his outstanding work in favor of the Hispanic community in Las Vegas. He holds awards in contests sponsored by the National Association of Hispanic Press of the United States (NAHP). In September 2020, the Vice President of the Republic of El Salvador gave him a recognition for the attention to the community of said country. He wrote the book Gentes ─published in May 2021. Its acceptance, together with his long journalistic career, helped him receive the 'Golden Pen' Award given by the renowned International Association of Hispanic Poets and Writers, based in Orlando, Florida. He works as editor in chief of the weekly newspaper El Mundo, founded in June 1980, in the city of Las Vegas, United States.