The poet and researcher specializing in flamenco Jose Cenizo Jimenez (Paradas, Seville, 1961) has just published Poet flamencoHow to make letters for the cante (Colibrí Ediciones), a particularly innovative work that makes the rules of flamenco lyric composition accessible to all readers in a rigorous yet engaging way. Using the classic method of learning through enjoyment, the book describes the different palos flamencoFollowing its rules are a series of simple and varied exercises and QR codes that provide access to recordings of the different canteyes, turning the book into a multimedia learning tool.
Hummingbird Editions It consolidates its position as a leading publisher in flamenco with a work aimed at a broad audience ranging from primary education to university, including lovers of poetry or of flamenco who wish to have an approach to one of the least discussed aspects of art jondo.
"Using the classic method of learning through enjoyment, the description of the different palos flamencoFollowing its rules are a series of simple exercises and QR codes that provide access to recordings of the various cante"Yes, turning the book into a multimedia learning tool."
José Cenizo holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology from the University of Seville, and is a writer and researcher specializing in flamencoIn his prolific career as a literary researcher and flamenco the titles stand out The career and poetics of Emilio Durán (2012) Sevillian poetry: groups and trends (1969-1980) (2002), Rafael Porlán, poet of the Generation of '27 (2002) Goblin and poetry in the cante by Antonio Mairena (2000) Poetics and didactics of flamenco (2009) o El cante By right. A profile of the flamenco singer Miguel Vargas (2010).
As a teacher, he has taught courses on the flamenco at the Cristina Heeren Foundation and at the University of Seville. He was coordinator of the doctoral program “Advanced Studies of Flamenco"from the University of Seville and has been a professor in the master's program of flamenco from the University of Cádiz and other Andalusian universities.
He has received, among others, the Joaquín Guichot Prize for Educational Research (1995 and 1996), the Flamenco Literature Prize of the Barakaldo International Competition and the La Unión Mines Festival (Murcia), the Antonio Mairena Journalism and Research Prize (1995) and the Prose Prize of the La Unión Festival (2001).
