Talk:H. G. Carrillo

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Why does his bio state that his nationality is "Dominican Republic" if he was born in Havana, Cuba, and he has stated that he was from Santiago de Cuba, which is on the complete opposite end of the island? Exactly where is he from, and what nationality is he?

Carrillo is Cuban, there must have been a mistake in the original writing. additional citation is needed to confirm home cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sprinzwa (talk • contribs) 21:56, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

He wasn’t Cuban, he was born and raised in Detroit. There is nothing I have seen to indicate he had ever set foot in Cuba. 2604:2D80:ED08:A00:35:84FE:26A7:7DAF (talk) 02:42, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

The article also does not mention anything about his name change from Herman Carol To Herman Carrillo. Why was his name Anglicized and then changed back?

It is also a shame that the article does not include the fact that he is homosexual? The Latino community would definitely benefit from knowing that such a talented artist like Mr. Carrillo is homosexual.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Borg2112 (talk • contribs)

Missing chunks of time

What did Carrillo do between 1960 and 2004 when he got a bachelor's degree in his mid-40s? 108.27.38.227 (talk) 05:33, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 April 2020 - Obituary

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name = Herman Carrillo Herman "H.G." Carrillo (born 1960) is an Afro-Cuban American writer and Assistant Professor of English at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Central to Carrillo's writing is the Cuban immigrant experience in the United States.

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name = Herman Carrillo | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1960 (age 63–64) | birth_place = Cuba | death_date = {{April 20, 2020 (aged 60)|2020|04|20|1960|MM|DD}} | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = H.G. Carrillo
Hache | occupation = George Washington University, English Department faculty; novelist | years_active =2004-present | known_for = | notable_works = | residence = Washington metropolitan area | alma_mater = Cornell University, bachelor of arts (2004) and master of fine arts (2007) }} Herman "H.G." Carrillo (born 1960 - 20 April 2020) is an Afro-Cuban American writer and Assistant Professor of English at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Central to Carrillo's writing is the Cuban immigrant experience in the United States.

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@Whoisjoedante:  Done GoingBatty (talk) 04:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Rewrite needed to account for false backstory

Per his backstory of being an immigrant Cuban is false. The story is dated less than three hours ago.. Meters (talk) 23:49, 23 May 2020 (UTC) raised at Help_desk#This_page_is_a_fraud:_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Carrillo by user: Carlos Parker .

First point: in "Early life and education" we state that "Carrillo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1960." sourced to I was going ot simply change this to something along the lines of "Castillo claimed to have been born ..." sourced to that ref and then give the real info sourced to the Washington post ref, but it turns out the cited Orlando ref does not actually support the claim. It simply says "his family's life in, and flight from, Cuba." No mention of his birth place or the date. So, now we have to look for new reliable sources to what he actually (but falsely) claimed. Great. Meters (talk) 00:04, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Maybe the article can be framed as "H. G. Carillo was the public persona of Herman Glenn Carroll" and include both the biography of the persona (what we have now) and what we know about the actual person? Plus of course the story of how hardly anyone knew Carillo was just a persona. Schazjmd (talk) 00:17, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

I took a stab at a rewrite and a framing for the new information. Like 90% of what's there is still true, as for WP purposes his public persona was what we care about. So I think it makes sense for the article to be about Carrillo and refer to him as such, but only give the corrected backstory as part of "early life" and such. /blahedo (t) 16:38, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

"Public persona" is inaccurate, though, because it was his only persona and also implies that it was a performance – given the credentialing situation, this does not appear to be the case. "Con-artist" may be too strong. This is going to be a tough one as far as WP standards go. אמר Steve Caruso 13:11, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Credentialing? As far as I know, it was not in dispute that he (under the name Carrillo) did study at DePaul and receive his degrees from there. The Post article quotes one of his DePaul teachers who kept in touch and does not contradict the fact or timeline of his educational career. He also definitely did publish the novel and the short-form stuff he was known for. So, the backstory is kind of salacious (and certainly knocked his husband and friends for a loop) but his actual achievements seem to still be real. /blahedo (t) 03:21, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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