Carilda Oliver Labra
Carilda Oliver Labra (6 July 1922 – 29 August 2018) was a Cuban poet. She was born in Matanzas.[1][2]
Oliver Labra studied law at the University of Havana.[1] She was known as one of the most influential Cuban poets.[3]
Oliver Labra won many national and international prizes including the National Poetry Prize (1950), National Literature Award (1997) and the José de Vasconcelos International Prize (2002).[1] Me desordeno, amor, me desordeno might be her most famous poem.
Oliver Labra died of pneumonia in Matanzas on 29 August 2018, aged 96.[4]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Luis Sexto. Carlida Oliver Labra: Poetry and Total Love. CubaNow. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ↑ Urbano Martínez Carmenate. Carilda Oliver Labra: La Poesía Como Destino (2004). Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas. p. 485.
- ↑ Gioseffi, Daniela. Carilda Oliver LabraThe Drunken Boat. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ↑ Fallece la poetisa cubana Carilda Oliver Labra a los 96 años. elnuevoherald.