About The Poet
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Before leaving her homeland, she published several poems in El Diario de Cuba and El Diario de la Marina. In the United States she's been published in various newspapers and magazines; these include: Diario las Américas, Circulo Poético Panamericano, Gaceta Lírica, Aplausos and Osiris, the last is an international magazine published in various languages. She is recipient of the René Marqués Award, Kingsborough College, 1979; the José Martí Award, New York, 1987, and the Agustín Acosta Award for Poetry (Gala), 1990 for her book Inmanencia de las Cenizas. In addition, she has several honorable mentions, among them for Circle of Time, her first poem written in English, World of Poetry, California 1990. Her work has appeared in anthologies including Poetas Cubanos en Nueva York, Betania Publishers, Madrid, 1988. She is included in the Diccionario Biográfico de Poetas Cubanos of Pablo Le Riverend, New Jersey, 1989, and in Poetisas Cubanas Contemporáneas of Darío Espina Pérez, Miami, Florida. | |
Bibliography Several unpublished books and short stories include: Tierra Parda, Rosa y Madero, El Caracol, Grisantina.
"Her poetry emerges serene, original, without pretense and with particular delicacy, distinction and elegance, without lacking, at the same time, vigor and depth."
"There's a spontaneous rhythm and a variety of metric forms, but above all, there is a plasmic lyrical quality, produced from a genuine sensibility." |
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