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Blanca Castellón

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Blanca Castellón
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Managua, Nicaragua
OccupationPoet
Notable workOrilla opuesta (2000)
WebsiteOfficial website (archive)

Blanca Castellón (born 1958 in Managua) is a Nicaraguan poet.[1][2][3] Her books of poetry include Ama del espíritu (1995), Flotaciones (1998), Orilla opuesta (2000), Los juegos de Elisa (2005) and Agua para los días de la sed (2016).[2] Orilla opuesta won her a First International Prize from the Institute of Modernist Studies in Valencia.[3][4]

Castellón grew up under the Somoza family dictatorship and began publishing poetry in local newspapers in the 1990s, in her 30s.[2] She was previously Vice President and Co-President of Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores[4][3] and served on the Institute of Hispanic Culture's Board of Directors.[3] She is also a co-founder and former vice president of the Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada.[5][3] In 2016, Cold Hub Press in New Zealand published Water for Days of Thirst, a translated version of Agua para los días de la sed by Roger Hickin.[2][6]

Castellón is married and has three sons.[citation needed]

Publications

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  • 1995: Ama del espíritu
  • 1998: Flotaciones
  • 2000: Orilla opuesta
  • 2005: Los juegos de Elisa
  • 2014: Cactus Body
  • 2016: Agua para los días de la sed
  • 2017: Los Moridores

References

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  1. ^ "Natalicio de Rubén Darío será celebrado con poesía y pintura en Nicaragua" [Rubén Darío's birthday will be celebrated with poetry and painting in Nicaragua] (in Spanish). Diario de las Americas. 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Warren, Sarah (March 2017). "Water for Days of Thirst: Selected Poems by Blanca Castellón". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Blanca Castellón" (in Spanish). Poemas del alma. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "Blanca Castelló" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 2003-11-11. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  5. ^ "Blanca Castellón: "Leer a Cortázar en la Managua de hoy duele, de lo que se parece a su Casa Tomada"" [Blanca Castellón: "Reading Cortázar in today's Managua is painful, because of how similar it is to his Casa Tomada]. Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (in Spanish) (740). Interviewed by Escobedo, María: 81. February 2012.
  6. ^ Chávez Díaz, Liliana (June 2018). "Blanca Castellón: Water for Days of Thirst: Selected Poems, translated by Roger Hickin". Translation and Literature. 27 (2): 279, 284. doi:10.3366/tal.2018.0349.


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