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Teresa Crespo de Salvador

Teresa Crespo de Salvador is the author of ten books, most of them poetry collections and children’s books.

Zaidy Zouain is the author of the poetry collection, Lilibeth (1979) and a number of essays, including Ensayos históricos sobre Martí (Historical Essays on Martí) and Ensayos históricos sobre la Batalla de Santiago (Historical Essays on the Battle of Santiago).

Julia Álvarez

Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies” (Algonquin) made her an international sensation. The book details the lives of four sisters living under the dictatorship of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo.

Laura Restrepo

Laura Restrepo is the author of nine novels, essay volumes and a poetry collection for children.

Loreley El Jaber

Argentine poet and essayist

Ida Vitale

Ida Vitale is a literary critic, translator and author of more than a dozen poetry collections.

Josefina Plá

Though born in Spain, critics identify her body of work with Paraguay. She both contributed greatly to the latter country’s cultural development and resided there for the greater part of her life.

Cristina Pérez Martínez

Cristina Pérez Martínez’s poetry has been published in the books “Yisimtak ts’unubil, semilla y raices” and “Buch’u Shainoj li vitse ¿Quién habita esta montaña?.”

Elsa Tió

Elsa Tió wrote her first chapbook at the age of seven, and went on to publish poetry collections including Poesía (Poetry) (1959); Detrás de los espejos empañados (Behind Fogged Mirrors) (1977), winner of the Bolívar Pagán National Book Award; Inventario de la soledad (Inventory of Solitude) (1988), also winner of the Bolívar Pagán Award; and Palabras sin escolta (Unguarded Words) (2007).

Enza García Arreaza

Enza García Arreaza is the author of numerous books of poetry and short fiction, among them Cállate poco a poco (Shut Up Slowly) (2008), El animal intacto (Intact Animal) (2015), and Cosmonauta (Cosmonaut) (2020).