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Luz Méndez de la Vega

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Guatemalan writer and actor (1919-2012)

WritersLived 1919 to 2012 · aged 92
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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.

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1994Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature

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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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Lived 1919 to 2012 · aged 92
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