Yania Tierra
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Aida Cartagena Portalatin
in a documentary poem included a character named Yania Tierra, a female personification of the nation of the Dominican Republic
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This Spanish language poem, published in 1981, traced the history of the Dominican Republic
, using Yania Tierra as a view point character. Eighty-two pages long, the poem narrates the nation's history and is written in an avant-garde Latin American style.
There is also a bilingual version of Yania Tierra with an introduction by M.J. Fenwick and translated by Fenwick with Rosabelle White.
Aída Cartagena Portalatín
Aída Cartagena Portalatín was a prolific poet, fiction writer and essayist. She wrote in Spanish. Some of her work has been translated into English and other languages....
in a documentary poem included a character named Yania Tierra, a female personification of the nation of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
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This Spanish language poem, published in 1981, traced the history of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, using Yania Tierra as a view point character. Eighty-two pages long, the poem narrates the nation's history and is written in an avant-garde Latin American style.
There is also a bilingual version of Yania Tierra with an introduction by M.J. Fenwick and translated by Fenwick with Rosabelle White.