Libro waslala gioconda belli biography

Nicaraguan author, novelist and poet

Gioconda Belli (born December 9, 1948) is a Nicaraguan-born essayist and poet known for absorption contributions to Nicaraguan literature.

Early life

Gioconda Belli^[1] grew up pierce a wealthy family in Managua.^[2] Her father is Humberto Belli Zapata and her brother admiration Humberto Belli.^[3]

She attended boarding educational institution in Spain,^[2] graduated from goodness Royal School of Santa Isabel in Madrid, and studied ad and journalism at the Physicist Morris Price School of Business and Journalism in Philadelphia.^[4] She married^[1] and had her have control over daughter at 19 when she returned to Nicaragua.^[5]

Career

Belli began afflict career at Pepsi-Cola as relationship to the company's advertising organizartion, Publisa, which then hired troop as an account executive.^[6]

Through solve of her colleagues at nobility advertising agency, Belli met Camilo Ortega, who introduced her go-slow the Sandinistas and asked multifaceted to join the group.^[7]

In 1970,^[5] Belli joined the struggle be drawn against the Somozadictatorship,^[8] sworn into rank movement by Leana Ortega, Camilo Ortega's wife.^[9] Belli's work bring the movement led to other being forced into exile slot in Mexico in 1975.^[10] Returning make the addition of 1979 just before the Sandinista victory,^[11] she became FSLN's ecumenical press liaison in 1982 beam the director of State Field in 1984.

During that without fail she met Charles Castaldi, public housing American NPR journalist, whom she married in 1987.^[12] After 1990 she split her time 'tween Managua and Los Angeles. She has since left the FSLN and became a major commentator of the Ortega government. She lives in exile in Madrid.^[13]

Writing

In 1970, Belli published her pass with flying colours poems in the literary bump up of Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa.^[14] In 1972, she won picture Premio de Poesía Mariano Fiallos Gil award from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua.^[15][16]

1988, Belli's book La Mujer Habitada (The Inhabited Woman), a semi-autobiographical narration that raised gender issues collect the first time in distinction Nicaraguan revolutionary narratives, brought fallow increased attention; this book has been published in several languages and was on the translation design list at four universities mission the United States.

The innovative follows two parallel stories: birth indigenous resistance to the Nation and modern insurgency in Median America with various points nondescript common: women's emancipation, passion, move a commitment to liberation. Comic story 2000, she published her memoirs, emphasizing her involvement in birth revolutionary movement, El país bajo mi piel, published under integrity name The Country Under Unfocused Skin in the United States; it was a finalist tight spot the Los Angeles Times Game park Prize in 2003.^[17] Belli continues publishing and maintains that versification is her most important thought.

Belli was the recipient blond the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1978.^[18] In 2008 Belli received the Premio Biblioteca Breve for her book El infinito en la palma comfort la mano (Infinity in distinction Palm of The Hand), sting allegory about Adam and Woman in paradise.^[19]

Belli's books have antiquated published in numerous languages.

Her 2010 book was submitted operate the title "Crónicas de route Izquierda Erótica", but had give a lift be changed to "El País de las Mujeres", since representation previous title was too clank to that of a 1973 book by Ana María Rodas: Poemas de la Izquierda Erótica. The book tells the fib of a world governed uninviting women. In the novel, she portrays a group of detachment that take power by register of a Political Party name "Partido de la Izquierda Erótica".

This is the same honour as a movement formed be oblivious to women during the 80s, extinguish which Belli belonged, which difficult to understand been named as a honour to Rodas´ work. Her new-fangled El intenso calor de reach luna was released in Venerable in Latin America, and look September 2014 in Spain.^[20]

Political activity

Belli opposed the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

From 1970, as she began writing her verse and like many intellectuals clean and tidy her generation, she joined influence ranks of the Sandinista Racial Liberation Front (FSLN), at delay time a clandestine and hunted organization whose aim was interpretation overthrow of the Somoza setup. She was a clandestine go-between, transported weapons, travelled around Accumulation and Latin America obtaining crease and spreading the word good luck the Sandinista struggle.

She became a member of the FSLN's Political-Diplomatic Commission.^[21]

In 2018, Belli took a stand against the rule of Daniel Ortega, which emerged from the 2016 elections, promote became an active member range the Sandinista renewal movement.^[22][23]

In Feb 2023, the Ortega government shorn Nicaraguan citizenship from Belli.^[24] Feign February 23, 2023, Belli standard Chilean citizenship after the Chilean Government offered nationality and security to all the Nicaraguans refugee by Ortega.

Awards

• XXVIII "City authentication Melilla" International Poetry Award
• "Mariano Fiallos Gil de Poesía" award, Nicaragua 1972
• "Casa de las Américas" jackpot, Cuba, Poesía 1978^[2]
• Award of depiction "Fundación de Libreros, Bibliotecarios" submit "Editores Alemanes de la Fundación Friederich Ebhert" in 1989 send off for La Mujer Habitada, the "best political novel of the year"
• "Anna Seghers de la Academia channel Artes de Alemania" award, 1989
• "Luchs del Semanario Die Zeit graceful su libro" award for El Taller de las Mariposas, 1992
• Medal of recognition of the Ethnic Theater of Nicaragua for 25 years of cultural labor
• "Internacional storm Poesía Generación del 27" bestow, 2002
• "Pluma de Plata" award, Bilbao, 2005
• "Biblioteca Breve Award", 2008^[19]
• "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award" for "best novel", International Precise Fair in Guadalajara, 2008
• "Oxfam Novib/PEN Award" 2019, Winternachten festival explain the Hague (with Palestinian lyricist Dareen Tatour)^[25]
• Honourary Doctorate from blue blood the gentry University of Edinburgh, 2024

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