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Carmen Altagracia Imbert Brugal (b.
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, 25 November 1955), is a Dominican jurist, author, journalist and columnist.


Biography


Early life and family

Imbert was born during her mother's exile in
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. Her parents were Segundo Manuel Imbert Barrera (
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of the
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and the elder brother of General
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) and Martha Beatriz Brugal Mateos who was herself the daughter of immigrants from
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and
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; her father was murdered by the Trujillo regime in 1961. She is the great-granddaughter of both Segundo Imbert (former
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) and Andrés Brugal (a rum businessman born in Spain), and great-great-granddaughter of José María Imbert (a native of France).


Career

Imbert has a law degree ''magna cum laude'' from the '' Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña'' university (1978). Imbert Brugal has been a professor at '' Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña'',
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, and Santo Domingo Institute of Technology. In November 2016, Imbert was designated a member of the
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.


Later life

In 1983, she birthed her only child, Carlos Manuel Delgado Imbert.


Works

* ''Palabras de Otros Tiempos y de Siempre'' (
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; 1983) * ''Prostitución: Esclavitud Sexual Femenina'' (
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; 1985) * ''Infidencias'' (
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; 1986) * ''Tráfico de Mujeres: Visión de una Nación Explotada'' (essay; 1991) * ''Distinguida Señora'' (
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; 1995) * ''El Ministerio Público'' (essay; 1998) * ''Volver Al Frío'' (novel; 2003) Some writings authored by Imbert were published in Daisy Cocco de Filippis's anthologies like ''Combatidas, Combativas y Combatientes'' and ''Sin Otro Profeta que su Canto''.


References

Living people 1956 births Dominican Republic people of Catalan descent Dominican Republic people of Cuban descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Galician descent Dominican Republic people of German descent People from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic women writers Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña alumni Academic staff of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña White Dominicans {{educationist-stub