Jorge Enrique González Pacheco

Jorge Enrique González Pacheco

Poet, Film Industry Professional, and Cultural Entrepreneur

Jorge Enrique González Pacheco was born on September 9, 1969, in the District of Marianao, Havana, Cuba. He moved to the United States in 2003 and has been based in Seattle since 2006. His work bridges literature, cinema, and cultural entrepreneurship, with a strong focus on Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese cultural production.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Literature
  University of Havana, Cuba

• Master’s Degree in Hispanic Literature
  Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Books Published (Poetry)

• 1992 – Poesía Ilustrada, International Edition Group, New York, USA

• 2003 – Antología de la Décima Cósmica de La Habana, FAH, Mexico City, Mexico

• 2003 – Notaciones del Inocente, Ediciones Qneras, Moguer, Spain

• 2004 – Tierra de Secreta Transparencia, Torremozas & Fundación Juan Ramón Jiménez, Madrid, Spain

• 2009 – Bajo la luz de mi sangre / Under the Light of my Blood (bilingual edition), Trafford, Victoria, BC, Canada

• 2020 – Habitante Invisible, Ediciones Deslinde, Madrid, Spain

Literary Publications

Since 1991, González Pacheco has published poetry and prose in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English in numerous international literary magazines and anthologies, including:

• 1991 & 1994 – Alaluz, Revista de Poesía, Narración y Ensayo, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Riverside, USA

• 1999 – Norte, Revista del Frente de Afirmación Hispanista, Mexico

• 2000 & 2001 – Estio 2, Revista Literaria, Burgos, Spain

• 2008 – Arcoiris, Revue de Création Littéraire Bilingue, Paris, France

• 2008 – Jornal de Poesia, Revista Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil

• 2009 – Poetry Now, Sacramento Poetry Center, California, USA

• 2011 – Literatura Cubana Contemporánea (1959–1999), Selección de lecturas, Universidad de las Artes, Havana, Cuba

• 2015, 2019, 2022 – Azahares, Spanish Language Literary Magazine, College of Languages and Communication, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, USA

Book Signings & Lectures

• 2003 – Lecture: The New Cuban Poetry, Casa del Padre Morelos, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

• 2003 & 2004 – Miami Book Fair International, Miami, Florida, USA

• 2009 – International Students Week, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA

• 2010 – Poetry Reading, BookPeople, Austin, Texas, USA

• 2016 – The Poetry of Pablo Neruda & Jorge Enrique González Pacheco, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

• 2016 – Festival Luna de Verano, Mazagón, Andalusia, Spain

• 2020 – Presentation of the International Poetry Prize Juan Ramón Jiménez, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain

Film Industry

In 1996, González Pacheco joined the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) in Havana, where he worked until 2003. During this period, he developed extensive work as a cinematographic researcher and first assistant director. He also participated as an assistant professor in ICAIC’s educational programs on television and collaborated with the International Film School, as well as with several film productions.

In 2001, he was part of the founding team of the ICAIC Young Cinema Festival. After moving to Miami in 2003, he began collaborating with the Miami International Film Festival.

In 2009, he founded the Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF), the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the Pacific Northwest dedicated to representing the cinematography of Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Since its founding, he has served as Founder and Chief Programmer. Under his leadership, the festival has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Latino Film Festivals in the United States.

International Film Festivals Attended

As Founder and Chief Programmer of the Seattle Latino Film Festival, González Pacheco has been invited to numerous international film festivals, including:

• Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Berlin, Germany

• Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, Washington, USA

• World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Global Dominican Film Festival, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Cine Las Américas, Austin, Texas, USA

• Cinélatino – Rencontres de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

• Huelva Iberoamerican Film Festival, Andalusia, Spain

• Gijón International Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias, Spain

• Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg

• Cali International Film Festival, Cali, Colombia

• DOCPoint, Helsinki, Finland

• Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Educational Lectures & Conferences

González Pacheco has taught courses and delivered lectures on Cuban Literature and Latin American Cinema at institutions including:

• University of California, Riverside, California, USA

• Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France

• Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, USA

• University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

• Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA

• University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

• University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA

Awards

• 1996 – Delia Carrera Poetry Prize, Havana, Cuba

• 2015 – HIPGivers Award, Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, California, USA

• 2018 – Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award, Seattle, Washington, USA