Karly Gaitán Morales (

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, March 25, 1980) is a Nicaraguan writer, journalist, and

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Early years and education

She was born and raised in

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, Nicaragua. She graduated from the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua, Faculty of Communication. She obtained a diploma in Social Communication and Written Press.

Literary work

She is a contributor for ''La Prensa Literaria'', the ''Nuevo Amanecer Cultural'' and ''Voces de La Prensa''. She is a member of the Nicaraguan Association of Women Writers, in Spanish, ''Asociación Nicaragüense de Escritoras'' (ANIDE). She is a board member of the Foundation for Cinematography and Images, in Spanish, ''Fundación para la Cinematografía y la imagen'' (FUCINE). In 2012, she published her first book titled ''An interview with Sergio Ramírez. Interviews. Articles. Chronicles'', original title in Spanish ''Cita con Sergio Ramírez. Entrevistas. Artículos. Crónicas'', first edition 2012

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, about the Nicaraguan writer

Sergio Ramírez Sergio Ramírez Mercado (; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of t ...

in commemoration of his 50th anniversary as a writer. The prologue for this book was written by the Nicaraguan writer Luis Rocha Urtecho. This book was officially presented at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, Feria Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería in Mexico City, Feria Internacional del Libro de París (Salon du livre de Paris), and the

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. The second edition has a prologue by the Costa Rican writer Carlos Cortés. Gaitán Morales has compiled the history of cinematography in Nicaragua into a book titled ''To Conquer a Dream. The History of Cinema in Nicaragua'', original title in Spanish, ''A la conquista de un sueño. Historia del cine en Nicaragua'', with a presentation on the back cover by the Chilean writer

Antonio Skármeta Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic on November 7, 1940) is a Chilean writer, scriptwriter and director descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Lite ...

. This book covers the history of Nicaraguan films starting from the late 1800s to the present and it has been dubbed, by writer Rafael Lara, as the first "biography" of Nicaraguan cinema.

Published work

*''Cita con Sergio Ramírez. Entrevistas. Artículos. Crónicas.'' (2012) Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México *''A la conquista de un sueño. Historia del cine en Nicaragua'' (2014) Managua, Nicaragua

References

External links

Cita con Sergio Ramírez o acompañando al escritor
(Spanish) Nuevo Amanecer Cultural, Nicaragua, by Isolda Rodriguez Rosales. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
Escritoras de Nicaragua
(Spanish) Escritoras de Nicaragua, Biographies. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
Periodista nicaragüense presenta su libro Cita con Sergio Ramírez
(Spanish) by Agencia EFE. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
La hazaña de hacer cine en Nicaragua
(Spanish) Nicanoticias, Nicaragua, by Ricardo Cuadra. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
La Malinche o Doña Luisa de Rosario Aguilar
(Spanish) Tortilla con Sal, Nicaragua, by Karly Gaitán Morales. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
Frida Kalho...pata de palo!
(Spanish) Nuevo Amanecer Cultural, Nicaragua, by Karly Gaitán Morales. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
One hundred personalities of the Nicaraguan cinema: Rossana Lacayo
(Spanish) Carátula Magazine, Nicaragua, by Karly Gaitán Morales. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
Women and cinema in Nicaragua
(Spanish) Carátula Magazine, Nicaragua, by Karly Gaitán Morales. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
YouTube Interview with Karly Gaitán Morales
(Spanish) Interview conducted by Lenin Solano Ambía. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
YouTube Book Presentation by Karly Gaitán Morales
(Spanish) Video by Cesia Gaitán. Retrieved 2014-06-01. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaitan Morales, Karly 1980 births Living people 21st-century Nicaraguan poets People from Managua Nicaraguan women poets Nicaraguan journalists Nicaraguan women journalists 21st-century Nicaraguan women writers Central American University (Managua) alumni