Carmen Alardín (5 July 1933 – 10 May 2014) was a Mexican poet. She was known for her poems such as ''
La violencia del otoño
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'' (The Violence of Fall) and ''No pude detener los elefantes'' (You Can't Detain Elephants). Alardín specialized in
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literature.
She studied at
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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.
Works
* ''El canto frágil'' (1951)
* ''Pórtico labriego'' (1953)
* ''Celda de viento'' (1957)
* ''Después del sueño'' (1960)
* ''Todo se deja así'' (1964)
* ''No puede detener los elefantes'' (1971)
* ''Canto para un amor sin fe'' (1976)
* ''Entreacto'' (1982)
* ''La violencia del otoño'' (1984)
* ''La libertad inútil'' (1992)
* ''Caracol de río'' (2000)
* ''Miradas paralelas'' (2004)
References
1933 births
2014 deaths
Mexican women poets
20th-century Mexican poets
20th-century Mexican women writers
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Xavier Villaurrutia Award winners
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