Carlos Fleitas

54 years old, married one 17 year old daughter. I live in
Uruguay, South America, therefore i am a Spanish native speaker. Learned
some English at school and high school, and then kept learning by myself. I
am a graduated Psychologist. Started to write poetry when i was 15 years old
in Spanish. In september 2000, i opened my own Web site, where i started to
upload my essays, poetry, short fiction stories, haiku and (e)portraits. I
wrote my first poem in English on january 2000: titled "A portrait of Bill
Evans" dedicated to Gene Fowler. From then on i have kept publishing my
writings only in my personal web. I am a member of the haiku community on
World Haiku Club, (Director in Spanish) and the Spanish and Iberoamerican
haiku community.