Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, alias ''Santiago'' is a Venezuelan author, journalist, radio producer and

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Life

Youth and study

Consalvi was born in Mérida in 1947. His parents were opponents of the Venezuelan dictatorship, which caused that part of his youth he grew up in Mexico and

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. In 1958, after the end of this era, the family returned to its home country.Terra Pacifico
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He studied journalism at the

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. After an earthquake in 1972 devastated

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in Nicaragua greatly, Consalvi traveled with a group of young people to the Nicaraguan capital to help the victims there.

Career

Consalvi's intense interest in history brought him for research in archives in Paris,

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and

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. Afterwards he went to Nicaragua for research of Central America in the 19th century. He was here as well, when

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 – 10 January 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of ''La Prensa'', the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He is a 19 ...

, the owner of the paper

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, was killed in 1978. There-upon Consalvi started to write editorial articles on human rights in the country for this paper. After the fall of the

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in 1979 and at the beginning of the government of the sandinists, Consalvi moved to

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where he founded

Radio Venceremos Radio Venceremos (Spanish; in English, "'We Shall Overcome' Radio") was an 'underground' radio network of the anti-government Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the Salvadoran Civil War. The station "specialized in ideologica ...

in 1980, an underground radio station that counterbalanced the news emissions of the Salvadoran government during the

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(1980–1991). On this period he later wrote his book ''La Terquedad del Izote''.Prince Claus Fund (2008
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/ref> Realizing the importance of the memory of cultural history for the reconstruction of a society, in 1996 he founded the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen. The museum opened its doors in 1999 and preserves a unique collection of films, photographs, writings and objects on the culture and history of

. With the museum he holds the objective to promote human rights,

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and

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. Furthermore, Consalvi wrote several novels and a great number of literary narrations. He produced audiovisual work, among which the documentary films ''1932, cicatriz de la memoria'', "La palabra en el bosque", ''La Frontera del Olvido'', and an

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of the Salvadoran writer

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, called ''Cuentos de Cipotes''. In 2008 Consalvi was honored with a

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from the

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. The jury rewarded him "''for his outstanding work as a broadcaster, for creating spaces of freedom, and for his commitment to the promotion of memory and its active role in the reconstruction of Salvadoran society.''"

Work

Bibliography

*1977: ''La Muerte los miraba desde el mar'', Nicaragua, historical narrative *1992: ''La Terquedad del Izote: La historia de Radio Venceremos'', , translated into English as ''Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador: A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio'', *1996: ''Luciérnagas en el Mozote'', San Salvador, human rights *ca. 1997: ''Tentaciones y Estropicios'', historical narratives *ca 2000 "Ernesto interiano, los mendigos me amaban" historical narratives *2006: ''Morazan: Recuerdos del Futuro'', *2010: ''Prudencia Ayala: La Hija de la Centella'', women rightsMuseo de la Palabra y la Imagen
''Prudencia Ayala: La Hija de la Centella''

Expositions

* ''La Huella de la memoria'' * ''Roque Dalton: La palabra del volcán'' * ''Kabrakan, la furia de los Dioses'' * ''El Legado de Salarrué'' * ''Prudencia Ayala, la lucha por los derechos femeninos'' * ''De la Guerra a la Paz'' * ''El Mozote, nunca más'' * ''Memoria de los Izalcos'' * ''Patria Peregrina, Vida y Obra de Pedro Geoffray Rivas'' * "1932, insurrección en la oscuridad" * " Nuestras voces" * "Mujer, la desnudez de mi lenguaje" * "Trémula tierra"

References

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