Amanda Castro (October 12, 1962 – March 18, 2010) was a Honduran

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. She was awarded the ''Hoja del Laurel en Oro'' by then President of Honduras

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. Castro was born in

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. Her works include ''Celebración de Mujeres'', ''Quizás la sangre'', ''Poemas de amor propio y de propio amor'', ''Una vez un barco'', ''Pronombres de tratamiento en el español hondureño'', ''La otra cara del sol'', and ''Viajes y sueños: reflexiones sobre creación e identidad'' y ''Otros testimonios: voces de mujeres centroamericanas''. She also inspired the French novelist Thibaut Viné.

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1962 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Honduran poets People from Tegucigalpa Honduran women poets 20th-century Honduran women writers {{Honduras-writer-stub