Blanca Castellón (born 1958 in
Managua
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) is a
Nicaraguan
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poet.
[ ''Orilla opuesta'' won her a First International Prize from the Institute of Modernist Studies in ]Valencia
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.[
Castellón grew up under the ]Somoza family
The Somoza family () is a political family which ruled Nicaragua under a dictatorship over a period of forty-three years, from 1936 to 1979. Founder, Anastasio Somoza García – who served as the President of Nicaragua from 1937 until 1956 – ...
dictatorship and began publishing poetry in local newspapers in the 1990s, in her 30s.[ She was previously Vice President and Co-President of Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores][ and served on the Institute of Hispanic Culture's Board of Directors.][ She is also a co-founder and former vice president of the Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada.][ In 2016, Cold Hub Press in New Zealand published ''Water for Days of Thirst'', a translated version of ''Agua para los días de la sed'' by Roger Hickin.]
Publications
* 1995: ''Ama del espíritu''
* 1998: ''Flotaciones''
* 2000: ''Orilla opuesta''
* 2005: ''Los juegos de Elisa''
* 2014: ''Cactus Body''
* 2016: ''Agua para los días de la sed''
* 2017: ''Los Moridores''
References
1958 births
Living people
20th-century Nicaraguan poets
People from Managua
Nicaraguan women poets
Date of birth missing (living people)
20th-century women writers
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