Alicia Yánez Cossío

Alicia Yáñez Cossío
Born December 10, 1929 (1929-12-10) (age 86)
Quito, Ecuador
Occupation Writer, Poet, Journalist
Language Spanish
Nationality Ecuadorian
Notable awards Premio Eugenio Espejo (2008), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (1996)

Alicia Yáñez Cossío (Quito, December 10, 1929) is a prominent Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist.[1]

Alicia Yáñez Cossío is one of the leading figures of Ecuadorian and Latin American literature, and is the first person of Ecuador to win the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (1996).

In 2008 she received Ecuador's highest prize in Literature, the "Premio Eugenio Espejo" for her lifetime of work.

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References

  1. Diccionario Biográfico Ecuador, tomo 16 - Alicia Yáñez Cossío Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel

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