Luz Méndez de la Vega was a Guatemalan feminist writer, journalist, poet, academic and actress. As an academic, she concentrated on researching and rescuing the work of colonial Guatemalan women writers.
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Eduardo HalfonAlso won Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature
Ana María RodasAlso won Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature
Margarita CarreraAlso won Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in LiteratureIsabel de los Ángeles RuanoAlso won Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in LiteratureWriters born in the 1910s 2
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Luz Méndez de la Vega was a Guatemalan feminist writer, journalist, poet, academic and actress. As an academic, she concentrated on researching and rescuing the work of colonial Guatemalan women writers. She was the winner of Guatemala's highest prize for literature, Miguel Ángel Asturias National Literature Prize, and the Chilean Pablo Neruda Medal, among many other literary awards throughout her career.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2012 · aged 92
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7 languages
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