Carmen Alardín (5 July 1933 – 10 May 2014) was a Mexican poet. She was known for her poems such as ''
La violencia del otoño'' (The Violence of Fall) and ''No pude detener los elefantes'' (You Can't Detain Elephants). Alardín specialized in
German
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literature.
She studied at
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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Works
* ''El canto frágil'' (1951)
* ''Pórtico labriego'' (1953)
* ''Celda de viento'' (1957)
* ''Después del sueño'' (1960)
* ''Todo se deja así'' (1964)
* ''No puede detener los elefantes'' (1971)
* ''Canto para un amor sin fe'' (1976)
* ''Entreacto'' (1982)
* ''La violencia del otoño'' (1984)
* ''La libertad inútil'' (1992)
* ''Caracol de río'' (2000)
* ''Miradas paralelas'' (2004)
References
1933 births
2014 deaths
Mexican women poets
20th-century Mexican poets
20th-century Mexican women writers
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