Delfina Acosta (born December 24, 1956) is a
Paraguay
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an poet and short story writer.
Acosta is a native of
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
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and is by profession a
pharmacist
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. Interested in literature from youth, she began her career as a published poet when some of her verse appeared in ''Poesía itinerante'' in 1984.
Among her works are several collections of poetry and of short stories.
Her ''Versos de amor y de locura'' received the
PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature in 2012.
She has received a number of other awards for her work as well.
Works
* ''Poesía itinerante'' (1984)
* ''Todas las voces, mujer'' (1986)
* ''La cruz del colibrí'' (1993)
* ''Pilares de Asunción'' (1987)
* ''Versos esenciales, como homenaje al poeta chileno Pablo Neruda'' (2001)
* ''Romancero de mi pueblo'' (2003)
* ''El viaje'', short stories (1995)
* ''Querido mío'' (2004)
* ''Versos de amor y de locura''
References
1956 births
Living people
Paraguayan women poets
Paraguayan short story writers
Women short story writers
20th-century Paraguayan poets
20th-century Paraguayan women writers
20th-century short story writers
21st-century Paraguayan poets
21st-century Paraguayan women writers
21st-century short story writers
Paraguayan pharmacists
Women pharmacists
Writers from Asunción
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