Claribel Alegria (1924–2018)
Autor de Flowers from the Volcano
Sobre El Autor
Clara Isabel Alegría Vides was born in Esteli, Nicaragua on May 12, 1924. Her family moved to El Salvador when she was a baby. She received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and letters at George Washington University in 1948. That was also the year her first book of poetry, Anillo de Silencio mostrar más (Ring of Silence), was published. In 1947, she married American journalist and diplomat Darwin J. Flakoll. Alegría's collections of poetry included Flowers from the Volcano and Saudade/Sorrow. She also wrote children's books. She and Flakoll wrote several books together including Tunnel to Canto Grande and Death of Somoza. She died on January 25, 2018 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) "No me agarran viva: La mujer salvadorena en lucha" (1983) and "They won't take me alive: Salvadorean women in struggle for national liberation" (1987 English trans) are the same work.
Créditos de la imagen: Photo by Jorge Mejía peralta / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.
Obras de Claribel Alegria
Tunnel to Canto Grande: The Story of the Most Daring Prison Escape in Latin American History (1996) 6 copias
Sobrevivo 4 copias
Nicaragua, la revolucion sandinista: Una cronica politica, 1855-1979 (Serie popular Era) (Spanish Edition) (1982) 4 copias
New Voices of Hispanic America: An Anthology — Editor — 2 copias
Despierta mi bien despierta 2 copias
Pagaré a cobrar y otros poemas 2 copias
Somoza: expediente cerrado 1 copia
Y este poema río 1 copia
EN CLAVE DE MI 1 copia
Semillero (inédito) 1 copia
Ina Vida en Poemas 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contribuidor — 17 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Alegria, Claribel
- Nombre legal
- Alegria, Claribel Joy
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1924-05-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2018-01-24
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Nicaragua
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Esteli, Nicaragua
- Lugares de residencia
- El Salvador
USA
Managua, Nicaragua - Educación
- George Washington University (BA)
- Ocupaciones
- poet
novelist
essayist
journalist - Premios y honores
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2006)
Cenizas de Izalco was a finalist in the Seix Barral competition, Barcelona, Spain, 1964
honorary doctorate from Eastern Connecticut State University - Biografía breve
- Claribel Alegría was the pen name of Clara Isabel Alegría Vides, born to Nicaraguan-Salvadoran parents in Estelí, Nicaragua. After her father was sent into exile for protesting human rights abuses, she was raised in her mother's hometown of Santa Ana, El Salvador. She began writing as a child and she published her first poems at age 17 in Repertorio Americano, a Central American cultural supplement. In 1943, she moved to the USA for her education. She received a B.A. in Philosophy and Letters from George Washington University in 1948. In 1985, she returned to Nicaragua to aid in the country's reconstruction. She has published numerous collections of poetry, including Casting Off (2003); Sorrow (1999); Umbrales (1996); and La Mujer del Rio/Woman of the River, bilingual, 1989). She also wrote novels and children's books. In 2006, she won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
- Aviso de desambiguación
- "No me agarran viva: La mujer salvadorena en lucha" (1983) and "They won't take me alive: Salvadorean women in struggle for national liberation" (1987 English trans) are the same work.
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- #61,674
- Valoración
- 4.1
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- ISBNs
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