Ana Mercedes Pérez

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Ana Mercedes Pérez (1910, Puerto Cabello – 1994; pseudonym "Claribel"[1]) was a Venezuelan poet, writer, translator, journalist and diplomat.

Biography

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She was the daughter of the Laran jurist and diplomat, José Eugenio Pérez, who served as the Venezuelan consul general in London,[2] and as President of the House of Deputies.[3]

Her poetry was characterized as being very feminine, punctuated with notes of rebellion and angst.[1] Along with her journalist contemporaries such as Juana de Ávila, Teresa Troconis, Peregrino Pérez, Isabel Jimenez Arráiz de Díaz,[4] Pérez was a defender of Ligia Parra Jahn in the Caracas newspaper.[1]

Selected works

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  • El charco azul (1931)
  • Iluminada soledad (1949)
  • La verdad inedita (1947)
  • Yo acuso a un muerto, defense of Ligia Parra Jahn (Caracas, 1951)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rodrguez, Ramón Armando (1957). Diccionario biográfico, geograf́ico e histórico de Venezuela (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Nweihed, Kaldone G.; Salcedo, Ildefonso Méndez (2003). Nogales Méndez, visto por propios y extraños (in Spanish). Biblioteca de Autores y Temas Tachirenses. p. 89.
  3. ^ Bulletin of the Pan American Union (Public domain ed.). Pan American Union. 1913. pp. 164–.
  4. ^ Beezley, William H.; Ewell, Judith (1 January 1987). The Human Tradition in Latin America: The Twentieth Century. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-0-8420-2284-2.