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Benjamín Urrutia (born 1950), author and scholar; Carlos Altamirano Sánchez – poet and journalist; Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo – poet; Carmen Acevedo Vega – poet and writer; Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet; Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004), writer and university professor; Eduardo Varas – novelist and journalist
His first book, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, was published in 1982. It was an account of his journey from being a "socially disadvantaged child" to becoming a fully assimilated American, from the Spanish-speaking world of his family to the wider, presumably freer, public world of English.
Jose Santos Chocano (1875–1934) - author of Alma América; Manuel González Prada (1844–1918) César Vallejo (1892–1938) Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936) - author of Animal tan Albo; Isabel Sabogal (born 1958)
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (/ ˈ b ɔːr h ɛ s / BOR-hess; [2] Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
The phrase "like water for chocolate" comes from the Spanish phrase como agua para chocolate. [12] This is a common expression in many Spanish-speaking countries, and it means that one's emotions are on the verge of boiling over. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, hot chocolate is made with near-boiling water, not with milk.
Spanish author Luis Mateo Díez has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor, Culture Minister Miquel Iceta said Tuesday. The prizes are presented ...
A crispy rolled or folded wafer pastry originating from Spain. It was spread to Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines, from there entering the cuisines of neighboring Asian countries as "biscuit rolls", "egg rolls", or "love letters". Barquiron: Philippines: Variant of barquillos filled with polvoron from the Philippines. Basler ...
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