Ángela Hernández

Violeta Lorenzo (University of Arkansas)

Ed. by Carolina Orloff, Independent Scholar - Europe
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 16 Jun 1954
Activity c. 1985-ongoing

Places

Born in Dominican Republic
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Activities

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Man/ Woman of Letters
Poet

Resources

Hernández's Works

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Ángela Hernández Núñez is a Dominican writer, photographer, cultural critic, and women’s rights activist. She has received important literary recognitions such as the 1997 Dominican Short Story Award, the 2001 Cole Prize (for her novel

Mudanza de los sentidos

[Moving of the Senses] (note 1), the 2005 Dominican Poetry Award, and the 2016 National Literary Prize. Some of her texts have been translated to English, French, Italian, Icelandic, Bengali, and Norwegian.

Ángela Hernández was born in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, on May 6, 1954 to Eloy Hernández and Yrene Núñez. Her father passed away when she was two years old, and her mother had to find ways to support a family of nine (González 1000). Even though Hernández struggled financially and sometimes went hungry, she refers

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Citation: Lorenzo, Violeta. "Ángela Hernández". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 March 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13121, accessed 23 November 2024.]