Ana Rosa Núñez (July 11, 1926 – August 2, 1999) was a

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n-American

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and

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. She authored over two dozen books of poetry, prose, and translations.

Biography

Núñez was born in

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, Cuba, to Dr. Jorge Manuel Núñez y Bengochea, a professor and architect, and Carmen Gónzalez y Gónzalez de Burgos. In 1949, she earned a scholarship from the

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to attend the

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in the United States. In 1955, she graduated from the

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with a library degree. In Cuba, she was head librarian of the National Audit Office (Tribunal de Cuentas de la Republica de Cuba, 1950-1961) and a founding member and vice president (1957-1959) of the Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios Universitarios."Ana Rosa Nunez." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2011. ''Biography In Context''. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. Núñez came to the

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on September 10, 1965. She and another

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librarian,

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, were hired by the

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's Otto G. Richter Library. There, she and other librarians helped build a significant collection of material involving Cuba and the Cuban exile community. In addition to traditional scholarly works, this included other publications and

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and significant donations such as notebooks, photographs, and the papers of the Cuban anthropologist

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. Núñez published numerous books of poetry, literary criticism, and anthologies. She has been called one of the most outstanding of the group of Cuban poets born around 1930. She developed a particular interest in the Japanese

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. She wrote a book of haiku in Spanish, ''Escamas del Caribe: Haikus de Cuba'' (1971), translated the work of American haiku authority Harold G. Henderson, and sent her haiku to the Emperor

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on his birthday. She died in Mercy Hospital in Miami of a

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at the age of 73.

Bibliography

*''Antología de la poesía religiosa de La Avellaneda''. *''Antología de poesía infantil''. *''Cartas al tiempo''. *''Cinco poetisas cubanas, 1935-1969 : Mercedes Garcia Tuduri, Pura del Prado, Teresa Maria Rojas, Rita Geada, Ana Rosa Nuñez''. *''Crisantemos = Chrysanthemums : (edición bilingüe, español/inglés)''. *''Ensayo de diccionario del pensamiento vivo de la Avellaneda''. *''Escamas del caribe (Haikus de Cuba)''. *''

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Lite ...

, amor que hirió. oesía'. *''Homenaje a

Dulce María Loynaz Dulce María Loynaz Muñoz (Havana, Cuba; 10 December 1902 – 27 April 1997) was a Cuban poet, and is considered one of the principal figures of Cuban literature. She was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1992. She earned her Doctorate i ...

: obra literaria, poesía y prosa, estudios y comentarios''. *''Homenaje a Eugenio Florit : de lo eterno, lo mejor''. , *''Hora doce''. *''La Florida en

Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...

''. *''Loores a la palma real''. *''Los oficia-leros''. *''Poesía en éxodo : el exilio cubano en su poesía, 1959-1969''. *''Sol de un solo día''. *''Un día en el verso 59''. *''Uno y veinte golpes por America''. *''Viaje al Cazabe''.

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