Claribel Alegría
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Claribel Alegría (born May 12, 1924 in Estelí, Nicaragua) is a writer from Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Alegría grew up in the Santa Ana area in western El Salvador. In 1943, she moved to the United States and in 1948 received a B.A. in Philosophy and Letters from George Washington University. Alegría was committed to nonviolent resistance. She had a close association with the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which took control of the Nicaraguan government in 1979 and overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the current leader. Alegría returned to Nicaragua in 1985 to aid in the reconstruction of Nicaragua. In 2006, she was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Alegría's works of literature reflected the style of the popular literary current in Central America during the 1950s and 1960s, "la generacion comprometida" (the committed generation). Alegría has published many books of poetry: Casting Off (2003), Sorrow (1999), Umbrales (1996), Fuga de Canto Grande (1992) and La Mujer del Río (1989). Other works by Alegría include novels and children's stories. In 1978 she received the Cuban-sponsored Casa de las Américas prize for Sobrevivo (I Survive), a poetry collection. She currently lives in Managua, Nicaragua.
- .....existen los barrotes/nos rodean (......there are bars/they surround us): Acuario (1955)
Her works (poetry, novel, tales) follow the guidelines of poets of her generation by looking for social denunciations and claims for rights using a speech which is often counter-literary.
[edit] Works
- Anillo de silencio (1948)
- Vigilias (1953)
- Acuario (1955)
- Huésped de mi tiempo (1961)
- Vía única (1965)
- Aprendizaje (1970)
- Pasaré a cobrar y otros poemas (1973)
- Sobrevivo (1978, Premio Casa de las Américas de Poesía)
- Flores del volcán; Suma y sigue (1981)
- Tres cuentos (1958)
- Álbum familiar (1984)
- Despierta, mi bien, despierta (1986)
- Luisa en el país de la realidad (1987)
- Cenizas de Izalco (1966)
- La encrucijada salvadoreña (1980)
- Nicaragua: la revolución sandinista (1980)
- No me agarran viva: la mujer salvadoreña en lucha (1983)
- Para romper el silencio: resistencia y lucha en las cárceles salvadoreñas (1984)
In English translation
- Luisa in Realityland, trans. Darwin J. Flakoll (New York: Curbstone Press, 1987) ISBN 0-915306-70-0
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| NAME | Alegría, Claribel |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Contemporary Nicaraguan writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Estelí, Nicaragua |
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