Carmen Rodríguez
Chilean-Canadian political and social activist (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carmen Rodríguez (born June 19, 1948) is a Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, and a founding member of Aquelarre Magazine. Along with her husband and daughters, she fled to Canada after the Chilean Coup of 1973 and where she now resides as a political refugee.[3] Rodríguez is known for her unique approach to writing, publishing most of her work in both Spanish and English. The translations of Rodríguez's work are done by her alone, a trend not commonly followed among other multilingual authors.[4] Rodríguez translates her work until "[she feels] that both tips of [her] tongue and [her] two sets of ears were satisfied with the final product.'"[1] Rodríguez's major works are and a body to remember with, a collection of short stories, and Guerra Prolongada/Protracted War, a collection of poems in both English and Spanish
Carmen Rodríguez | |
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Born | (1948-06-19) June 19, 1948 (age 75) Valdivia, Chile |
Education | Master of Arts in Education, Simon Fraser University[1] Bachelor of Arts in English Language University of Chile[2] |
Rodríguez's first publication was a short story submitted for an annual literary competition in Chile in 1972, for which she received an honorable mention.[5] In Canada, Rodríguez has had her works published in Paula magazine, Aquelarre magazine, Capilano Review, Fireweed, Norte-Sur and Prison Journal.[6]