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Claribel Alegría Quotes

1924–2018 Nicaragua

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

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Random Claribel Alegría quote

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In essence, all poets contribute to writing the great endless poem.

speech (2006)

Quite often I have used my poetry as a sword, and I have brandished it against my internal and external demons.

speech (2006)

Words are sensual. They seduce us and spark our imagination, but they also express intelligence and logic in constructing towers of ideals and culture.

speech (2006)

What do I hope for this next century? That the human race thinks deeply and puts aside hate, that we end all discrimination.

Interview with Bomb Magazine (2000)

It’s wonderful to read what we have now, fantastic, but don’t forget the classics. They have all the riches in the world, and they help us a lot.

Interview (2017)

I am so grateful for poetry...Poetry sustains us.

Interview (2017)

Among my generation in Central America, women of the leisure class had the option of marrying or controlling their husband’s purse strings or of remaining chaste and virtuous, baking cakes for their nieces and nephews.

speech (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Claribel Alegría (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.