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Claribel Alegria

Author of Flowers from the Volcano (Pitt Poetry Series)

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"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.

Works by Claribel Alegria

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Flowers from the Volcano (Pitt Poetry Series) 29 copies
Luisa in Realityland 21 copies
Fugues 18 copies
They Won't Take Me Alive: Salvadoran Women in Struggle for National… 15 copies
Ashes of Izalco 13 copies
Woman of the River (Pitt Poetry Series) 10 copies
Family Album 9 copies
Sorrow 9 copies
On the Front Line: Guerilla Poems of El Salvador 9 copies
Umbrales = Thresholds : poems 8 copies
Death of Somoza 8 copies
Casting Off 6 copies
They Won't Take Me Alive: Salvadoran Women in Struggle for National… 5 copies
Tunnel to Canto Grande: The Story of the Most Daring Prison Escape in… 4 copies, 1 review

Family Album 3 copies

Sobrevivo 1 copy

SAUDADE 1 copy

Suma y sigue 1 copy

Boardinghouse (in And We Sold the Rain... - SANTOS) 1 copy

VARIACIONES EN CLAVE DE MI (Libros del egoista) (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

Fugues Translated by D. J. Flakoll 1 copy

Despierta mi bien despierta 1 copy

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And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America (Contributor) 28 copies

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Canonical name

Alegria, Claribel

Legal name

Alegria, Claribel Joy

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Date of birth

1924-05-12

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Gender

female

Nationality

El Salvador

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Birthplace

Esteli, Nicaragua

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Esteli, Nicaragua

El Salvador

USA

Education

George Washington University, B.A., 1948

Occupations

Poet

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Awards and honors

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

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"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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