GIOCONDA BELLI

'Gioconda Belli' (born December 9,1948 in Managua) is an author, novelist and renowned Nicaraguan poet. She was designated among the 100 most important poets during the 20th century^[1][2]

Contents

Early life

Education

Recognition

Awards

Published work

References

External links

Early life

Gioconda Belli was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship,^[3] and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975.^[4] Returning in 1979 after the Sandinista victory,^[5] in 1982 she became FSLN's international press liaison, the director of State Communications in 1984, and was responsible among other things for a major literacy campaign. During that time she met Charles Castaldi, an American NPR journalist, whom she married in 1987.^[6] She has been living in both Managua and Los Angeles since 1990.

Education

Belli graduated from the Royal School of Santa Isabel in Madrid, Spain in 1964 and received a diploma in advertising and journalism from the Charles Morris Price School in Philadelphia in 1965. She also studied advertising management at INCAE^[7].

Recognition

In 1988, Belli's book ''La Mujer Habitada'' (The Inhabited Woman), a semi-autobiographical novel that raised gender issues for the first time in the Nicaraguan revolutionary narratives, brought her increased attention. In 2000, she published her autobiography, emphasizing her involvement in the revolutionary movement, ''El país bajo mi piel,'' published under the name ''The Country Under My Skin'' in the United States. Belli continues publishing and maintains that poetry is her most important work. Belli was the recipient of the Premio de Poesía Mariano Fiallos Gil in 1972^[8] and of the prestigious Premio Casa de las Américas in 1975.^[9]
Belli's books have been published in numerous languages.

Awards

★ XXVIII "City of Melilla" International Poetry Award.

★ "Pluma de Plata" award, Bilbao, 2005.

★ "Mariano Fiallos Gil de Poesía" award, Nicaragua 1972.

★ "Casa de las Americas" award, Cuba, Poesía 1978.

★ Award of the "Fundación de Libreros, Bibliotecarios" and "Editores Alemanes de la Fundación Friederich Ebhert" in 1989 for ''La Mujer Habitada'', the "best political novel of the year"

★ "Anna Seghers de la Academia de Artes de Alemania" award, 1989.

★ "Luchs del Semanario Die Zeit a su libro" award for ''El Taller de las Mariposas'', 1992.

★ Medal of recognition of the National Theater of Nicaragua for 25 years of cultural labor.

★ "Internacional de Poesía Generación del 27" award, 2002

Published work

★ ''Verse Sobre la grama'' (1972)

★ ''Línea de fuego'' (1978)

★ ''Truenos y arco iris'' (1982)

★ ''Amor insurrecto'' (1985)

★ ''De la costilla de Eva'' (1987)

★ ''La mujer habitada'' (1988)

★ ''Poesía reunida'' (1989)

★ ''Sofía de las presagios'' (1990)

★ ''El ojo de la mujer'' (1991)

★ ''Sortilegio contra el frío'' (1992)

★ ''El taller de las mariposas'' (1994)

★ ''Waslala'' (1996)

★ ''El país bajo mi piel'' (2001)

★ ''El pergamino de la seducción'' (2005)

References

1. http://www.nicaragua.com/literature/
2. http://www.gonomad.com/market/0301/nicaraguaguide.html
3. http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/36/1125/index.html
4. http://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/3136
5. http://www.arlindo-correia.com/020303.html
6. http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6383045.html
7. http://www.giocondabelli.com/biografia-ingles.htm
8. http://www.los-poetas.com/n/biobelli.htm
9. http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/gioconda_belli/profile.html

External links

★ Gioconda Belli's Official website

★ LiteralMagazine.com Poetry and an interview with Belli

★ The Times Online review Gioconda Belli's 'El país bajo mi piel'