Claribel Alegría
Clara Isabel Alegría Vides | |
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Alegría at the 3rd annual International Poetry Festival in Granada. | |
| Born | 12 May 1924 Estelí, Nicaragua |
| Died | 25 January 2018 (aged 93) Managua, Nicaragua |
| Pen name | Claribel Alegría |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Nationality | Nicaraguan Salvadoran |
Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.