Claribel Alegria

Claribel Alegria was born in Nicaragua in 1924, but she considers herself Salvadoran, having grown up in Santa Ana, El Salvador. She has published more than twenty books in Spanish. In 1978, her book of poems, Sobrevivo , won Cuba's Casa de las Americas Prize.

Claribel Alegria was born in Nicaragua in 1924, but she considers herself Salvadoran, having grown up in Santa Ana, El Salvador. She has published more than twenty books in Spanish. In 1978, her book of poems, Sobrevivo , won Cuba's Casa de las Americas Prize. See less