Carmen Altagracia Imbert Brugal (b. Puerto Plata, 25 November 1955), is a Dominican jurist, author, journalist and columnist.

Biography

Early life and family

Imbert was born to Segundo Manuel Imbert Barrera (the elder brother of General

Antonio Imbert Barrera Major General Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera (December 3, 1920 – May 31, 2016) was a two-star army general advitam of the Dominican Army and was President of the Dominican Republic from May to August 1965. Imbert, who plotted to assassinate d ...

) and Martha Beatriz Brugal Mateos. She is great-granddaughter of Segundo Imbert and Andrés Brugal, and great-great-granddaughter of

José María Imbert Divisional General José María Bartolomé Imbert Duplessis ( né Joseph Marie Barthélemy Imbert; (24 August 1798 in (now Le Plessis-Grammoire), Maine-et-Loire ( Pays de la Loire), France – 14 May 1847 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic ...

Career

Imbert has a law degree ''magna cum laude'' from the ''

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña The Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (also called UNPHU) is a Private university, private, coeducational, university in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. History

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'' university (1978). Imbert Brugal has been professor at ''

The University was established as a private, non profit institutio ...

'',

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, and

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. In November 2016, Imbert was designated a member of the Central Electoral Board.

Works

* ''Palabras de Otros Tiempos y de Siempre'' (

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

; 1983) * ''Prostitución: Esclavitud Sexual Femenina'' (

essay An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal a ...

; 1985) * ''Infidencias'' (

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

; 1986) * ''Tráfico de Mujeres: Visión de una Nación Explotada'' (essay; 1991) * ''Distinguida Señora'' ( novel; 1995) * ''El Ministerio Público'' (essay; 1998) * ''Volver Al Frío'' (novel; 2003) Some writings authored by Imbert were published in

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’s anthologies like ''Combatidas, Combativas y Combatientes'' and ''Sin Otro Profeta que su Canto''.

References

Living people 1956 births Dominican Republic people of Catalan descent Dominican Republic people of Cuban descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Galician descent Dominican Republic people of German descent People from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic women writers Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña alumni Academic staff of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña White Dominicans {{educationist-stub