Eunice Odio (
pseudonym
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, Catalina Mariel; October 18, 1919- March 23, 1974) was a prominent Latin American poet known for her diverse body of work, including articles, essays, reflections, letters, short stories, and children's literature. She also held roles as a journalist and educator, teaching English and French.
She was born in
San José, Costa Rica
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. Odio resided in various countries including Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the United States during her lifetime.
She gained Mexican citizenship through marriage to the painter
Rodolfo Zanabria.
She died in
Mexico City
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, Mexico.
Selected works
Odio is renowned for her extensive body of poetic work. Her selected works include:
* ''Los elementos terrestres'', 1948
* ''Zona en territorio del alba'', 1953
* ''El tránsito de fuego'', 1957
* ''El rastro de las mariposas'', 1970
* ''Territorio del alba y otros poemas'', 1974
* ''Eunice Odio Antología'', 1975
Translations
* ''The Fire's Journey, Part I: Integration of the Parents'' (Tavern Books, 2013)
* ''The Fire's Journey, Part II: Creation of Myself'' (Tavern Books, 2015)
* ''The Fire's Journey, Part III: The Cathedral's Work'' (Tavern Books, 2018)
* ''The Fire's Journey, Part IV: The Return'' (Tavern Books, 2019)
References
External links
Eunice Odio recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on December 19, 1961
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1919 births
1974 deaths
Writers from San José, Costa Rica
20th-century Costa Rican poets
Costa Rican women short story writers
Costa Rican short story writers
Costa Rican journalists
Costa Rican people of Italian descent
Costa Rican emigrants to Mexico
Costa Rican expatriates in Cuba
Costa Rican expatriates in the United States
Costa Rican expatriates in Guatemala
Costa Rican expatriates in Nicaragua
Costa Rican women journalists
Costa Rican women poets
Costa Rican women essayists
Women educators
20th-century translators
20th-century short story writers
20th-century essayists
20th-century Costa Rican writers
20th-century Costa Rican women writers
Costa Rican Theosophists
20th-century journalists