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José de Piérola

Professor
Creative Writing

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 906
Phone: (915) 747-6322
Email: jdepierola@utep.edu

Bio

Raised in the Peruvian Andes, José de Piérola was a computer consultant before embracing literature. Winner of several literary awards, he has published 11 books of fiction and 6 translations.

Awards and Honors

Member of the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers - University of Texas, El Paso (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Regent's Outstanding Award - University of Texas System (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Finalist for the Creative Capital Award - Creative Capital (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Graduate Dissertation Fellowship - University of California, San Diego (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
Barbara and Paul Saltman Excellent Teaching Award - University of California, San Diego (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Certificate of Appreciation - Senate of the United States of America (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Short Novel Award - Central Reserve Bank of Peru (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Third Place in «Cuento de las 2,000 palabras» - Revista Caretas (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Winner of the «Bienal del Cuento Copé» - Petroperú (National Peruvian Oil Company) (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Finalist in «Bienal del Cuento Copé» - Petroperú (National Peruvian Oil Company) (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)
Winner of the «XII Premio Internacional de Cuento» - Max Aub Fundation (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)

Education

Ph D in Literature, University of California, San Diego (2007)
MA in Latin American Literature, UCSD (2001)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Other - "How to Make a Living as a Writer" by Randy Surles (10/18/2024-10/18/2024). Host. Department of Creative Writing / UTEP. El Paso, Texas / Valencia, Spain. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Seminar "Taller de Literatura" for Universidad Católica Santa María (05/11/2024-05/11/2024). Delivered a Seminar. Universidad Católica Santa María. Arequipa, Peru. Jose De Pierola.
Other - "Emerging Voices" (04/25/2024-04/25/2025). Host. Department of Creative Writing / UTEP. UTEP. Jose De Pierola.
Other - "How to Make a Living as a Writer" by Randy Surles (10/12/2023-10/12/2023). Host. Department of Creative Writing / UTEP. El Paso, Texas / Valencia, Spain. Jose De Pierola.
Other - "What Is Education and What (and Whom) It Serves? (08/12/2023-08/12/2023). Interview. Podcast «El erizo y el zorro». Lima, Peru / San Diego, US. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Interview: Nicole Pichihua Pacase: "Profile of the Literary Translator in Peru." (07/07/2023-07/07/2023). Interview. UNIFE, Peru. Lima, Peru. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Hosted virtual for RED de Programas de Escrituras de las Américas (03/28/2023-03/28/2023). Host. Department of Creative Writing / UTEP. El Paso, Texas. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Hosted book release: Bloc de Viaje by César Silva-Santisteban (03/03/2023-03/03/2023). Host. Ediciones La Noria. Austin, Texas, US. Jose De Pierola.
Other - La vigencia de «Drácula» (12/07/2021-12/07/2021). Interview. Lee por gusto. Lima, Peru. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Cazando al vampiro original (10/28/2021-10/28/2021). Interview. Poetripados. Mexico DF, Mexico. Jose De Pierola.
Other - Interview with "Libros a Mí" (09/30/2021-09/30/2021). Interview. Libros a Mi. Lima, Peru. Jose De Pierola.

Publications

El juego de los reyes Lluvia Editores (2024), Jose De Pierola.
Granja Animal by George Orwell Lluvia Editores (2024), Jose De Pierola.
El extranjero by Albert Camus Lluvia Editores (2022), Jose De Pierola.
Dracula by Bram Stoker Lluvia Editores (2021), Jose De Pierola.
The Mysteries of Creative Writing Latin American Literature Today 19 (2021), Jose De Pierola.

Presentations

Dracula at UTEP (2022), Volume El Paso, Jose De Pierola.
La literatura en tiempos de crisis (2022), Volume Lima, Peru, Jose De Pierola.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	21176
Spring 2025	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	25551
Spring 2025	CRW 5398 - Thesis	21753
Spring 2025	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20374
Spring 2025	CRW 5399 - Thesis	22130
Spring 2025	CRW 5399 - Thesis	25581

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	10831	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature	16512	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10215
Summer 2024	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	33318
Spring 2024	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	27994
Spring 2024	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	26801	Syllabus
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20422
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	22374
Fall 2023	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	10307
Fall 2023	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	16197	Syllabus Additional File Additional File Additional File
Fall 2023	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	10966	Syllabus Additional File Additional File Additional File
Fall 2023	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10310
Fall 2023	CRW 5398 - Thesis	17361
Fall 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10314
Summer 2023	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	36114	Syllabus Additional File Additional File Additional File
Spring 2023	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	24857	Syllabus Additional File Additional File Additional File
Spring 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20466
Spring 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	22592
Fall 2022	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	11764
Fall 2022	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10784
Fall 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10791
Fall 2022	CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel	17043
Summer 2022	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	35570
Spring 2022	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	27085
Spring 2022	CRW 5398 - Thesis	24767
Spring 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20653
Spring 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	23430
Fall 2021	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	10776
Fall 2021	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	19422
Fall 2021	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	11764
Fall 2021	CRW 5398 - Thesis	11897
Fall 2021	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10787
Summer 2021	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	35296
Spring 2021	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	26132
Spring 2021	CRW 5398 - Thesis	21951
Spring 2021	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20714
Fall 2020	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	11858
Fall 2020	CRW 3371 - Reading and Writing Fiction	19049
Fall 2020	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10828
Summer 2020	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	34390
Spring 2020	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	28288
Fall 2019	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	10877
Fall 2019	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	17018
Fall 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10890
Fall 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	14795
Fall 2019	CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel	18178
Summer 2019	CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature	35135
Spring 2019	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	27948
Spring 2019	CRW 5398 - Thesis	23753
Spring 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20855
Spring 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20859
Fall 2018	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	12125
Fall 2018	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	16043
Fall 2018	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10926
Fall 2018	CRW 5398 - Thesis	18877
Fall 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10933
Spring 2018	CRW 5398 - Thesis	24048
Spring 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20888
Spring 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20892
Spring 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20894
Spring 2018	CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel	26881

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	10831	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature	16512	Evaluation
Summer 2024	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	33318	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	26801	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	16197	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	10966	Evaluation
Summer 2023	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	36114	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	24857	Evaluation
Summer 2022	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	35570	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	27085	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	19422	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	11764	Evaluation
Summer 2021	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	35296	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing	26132	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics	11858	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CRW 3371 - Reading and Writing Fiction	19049	Evaluation
Summer 2020	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	34390	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction	28288	Evaluation

Bio

Raised in the Peruvian Andes, José de Piérola was a computer consultant before embracing literature. Winner of several literary awards, he has published 11 books of fiction and 6 translations.

Awards and Honors

Member of the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers - University of Texas, El Paso (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Regent's Outstanding Award - University of Texas System (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Finalist for the Creative Capital Award - Creative Capital (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Honorable Mention - Glimmer Train (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Graduate Dissertation Fellowship - University of California, San Diego (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
Barbara and Paul Saltman Excellent Teaching Award - University of California, San Diego (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Certificate of Appreciation - Senate of the United States of America (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Short Novel Award - Central Reserve Bank of Peru (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Third Place in «Cuento de las 2,000 palabras» - Revista Caretas (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Winner of the «Bienal del Cuento Copé» - Petroperú (National Peruvian Oil Company) (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Finalist in «Bienal del Cuento Copé» - Petroperú (National Peruvian Oil Company) (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)
Winner of the «XII Premio Internacional de Cuento» - Max Aub Fundation (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)

Ph D in Literature, University of California, San Diego (2007)
MA in Latin American Literature, UCSD (2001)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2024-10-18

End Date

2024-10-18

Type

Other

Title

"How to Make a Living as a Writer" by Randy Surles

Start Date

2024-05-11

End Date

2024-05-11

Type

Other

Title

Seminar "Taller de Literatura" for Universidad Católica Santa María

Start Date

2024-04-25

End Date

2025-04-25

Type

Other

Title

"Emerging Voices"

Start Date

2023-10-12

End Date

2023-10-12

Type

Other

Title

"How to Make a Living as a Writer" by Randy Surles

Start Date

2023-08-12

End Date

2023-08-12

Type

Other

Title

"What Is Education and What (and Whom) It Serves?

Start Date

2023-07-07

End Date

2023-07-07

Type

Other

Title

Interview: Nicole Pichihua Pacase: "Profile of the Literary Translator in Peru."

Start Date

2023-03-28

End Date

2023-03-28

Type

Other

Title

Hosted virtual for RED de Programas de Escrituras de las Américas

Start Date

2023-03-03

End Date

2023-03-03

Type

Other

Title

Hosted book release: Bloc de Viaje by César Silva-Santisteban

Start Date

2021-12-07

End Date

2021-12-07

Type

Other

Title

La vigencia de «Drácula»

Start Date

2021-10-28

End Date

2021-10-28

Type

Other

Title

Cazando al vampiro original

Start Date

2021-09-30

End Date

2021-09-30

Type

Other

Title

Interview with "Libros a Mí"

Publications

El juego de los reyes Lluvia Editores (2024), Jose De Pierola.
Granja Animal by George Orwell Lluvia Editores (2024), Jose De Pierola.
El extranjero by Albert Camus Lluvia Editores (2022), Jose De Pierola.
Dracula by Bram Stoker Lluvia Editores (2021), Jose De Pierola.
The Mysteries of Creative Writing Latin American Literature Today 19 (2021), Jose De Pierola.

Presentations

Dracula at UTEP (2022), Volume El Paso, Jose De Pierola.
La literatura en tiempos de crisis (2022), Volume Lima, Peru, Jose De Pierola.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

21176

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

25551

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

21753

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20374

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

22130

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

25581

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

10831

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature

Section

16512

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10215

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

33318

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

27994

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

26801

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20422

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

22374

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

10307

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

16197

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File
Additional File
Additional File

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

10966

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File
Additional File
Additional File

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10310

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

17361

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10314

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

36114

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File
Additional File
Additional File

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

24857

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File
Additional File
Additional File

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20466

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

22592

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

11764

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10784

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10791

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel

Section

17043

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

35570

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

27085

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

24767

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20653

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

23430

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

10776

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

19422

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

11764

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

11897

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10787

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

35296

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

26132

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

21951

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20714

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

11858

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 3371 - Reading and Writing Fiction

Section

19049

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10828

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

34390

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

28288

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

10877

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

17018

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10890

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

14795

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel

Section

18178

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature

Section

35135

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

27948

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

23753

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20855

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20859

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

12125

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

16043

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10926

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

18877

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10933

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

24048

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20888

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20892

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20894

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5371 - Writing the Novel

Section

26881

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

10831

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature

Section

16512

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

33318

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

26801

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

16197

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

10966

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

36114

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

24857

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

35570

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

27085

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

19422

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

11764

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2021

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

35296

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5366 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Section

26132

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5321 - Narrative Theory and Poetics

Section

11858

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 3371 - Reading and Writing Fiction

Section

19049

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2020

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

34390

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5386 - Minding Fiction

Section

28288

Evaluation

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