Eddie Vega

A former merchant seaman, Eddie Vega is a Cuban-born writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies, school textbooks, and news venues, among them, Parnassus, Little Havana Blues, Brooklyn Review, Backstage magazine, The New York Law Journal, and The Washington Post. A winner of the Irwin Shaw Fiction Prize, he also writes poetry; his poem "Translating My Grandfather's House" has become a standard reading assignment in many primary schools across the U.S. and is showcased on the Web site of the Philadelphia Historical Society. He holds degrees from Brooklyn College and Columbia University, and an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps. He lives in New York City.