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Clara Isabel Alegría Vides [1] (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, [2] was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America.
Claribel Alegria, Nicaraguan Salvadoran poet, essayist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was especially noted for her testimonio (testament) concerning the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. Learn more about her life and career.
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Jan 16, 2022 · At 7 years old, Claribel Alegría witnessed “La Matanza”, the military massacre of hundreds of indigenous Pipil peasants after an attempted uprising in western El Salvador. For the rest of her life she would find ways to put the sacrifices and victories of the liberation struggles in El Salvador and Nicaragua into words.
Claribel Alegría was born to Nicaraguan and Salvadoran parents in Estelí, Nicaragua, on May 12, 1924. She grew up in the Santa Ana area of western El Salvador, and in 1943 she moved to the United States. In 1948 she received a BA in philosophy and letters from George Washington University.
Claribel Alegría was born to Nicaraguan and Salvadoran parents in Estelí, Nicaragua, on May 12, 1924. She moved to the United States in 1943, graduating from George Washington University in 1948. In 1985 she moved back to Nicaragua.
In Remembrance: The Sword of Poetry (1924-2018) Editorial note: When George Evans and Daisy Zamora passed along word this morning that Claribel Alegría (1924–2018) had died, we immediately reflected on her legendary stature in the poetry world and fondly recalled her visit to the University of Oklahoma in 2006 to receive that year’s ...
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Feb 6, 2018 · Claribel Alegría, a poet who wrote of the harsh realities of Central American life and the search for identity and hope — work informed by her own uprooting, first from Nicaragua and then from...
