The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1968, Maximiliano Chárriez, also known as Max Chárriez, is an educator, activist, editor, cultural manager, teacher, and writer. He has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and a Ph.D. in Puerto Rican and Caribbean literature from the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. He is the founder of Editorial La Tuerca. His creative work focuses on Black and queer literature. He is also author of Delirios de pasión y muerte (2009); Ojos como de hombre (2011); Huesos secos (2013); Mutilãre (Editorial La Tuerca, 2014); 2058 d. C. y otros cuentos (Editorial La Tuerca, 2016); De sombras y de muerte (Editorial La Tuerca, 2020), and Phālus (Editorial La Tuerca, 2021). Chárriez’s work has also been published in Antología Ó del Colectivo Literario Homoerótica; Latitud 18.5: Antología de la primera década de la maestría en Creación Literaria Universidad del Sagrado Corazón; and Puerto Rico indócil:, Antología de cuentos puertorriqueños del siglo XXI. Chárriez is one of the founders of El Colectivo Homoerótico. From 2014 to 2018, he organized the Congreso de Literatura Queer. He currently lives in Puerto Rico.
 

Works Cited

Chárriez, Max. Author Questionnaire. The Puerto Rican Literature Project, 2024.

Chárriez, Max. “La literatura me salva ahora en mi adultez.” Interview by Wilkins Roman Samot. Letralia, 12 Aug 2018, https://letralia.com/entrevistas/2018/08/12/entrevista-a-max-charriez/.

Torres, Daniel. “De sombras y de muerte.” El Post Antillano, 10 Feb 2024, https://elpostantillano.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34048:de-sombras-y-de-muerte-de-max-5charriez&catid=311&Itemid=1021.