Susy Delgado (born 20 December 1949) is a Paraguayan poet and writer in Spanish and Guarani.

Life

Delgado was born in

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in Paraguay in 1949. After obtaining a degree in Sociology in

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, Delgado worked as a journalist. She won international recognition in 1985 as a finalist for a Spanish poetry competition in Madrid. In 2017, she won Paraguay's

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, for her poem ''Ybytu yma''. Her Spanish poetry includes: ''Some lost tremor'' (1986), ''The Court of the Elves''. The latter took the Curupayty Radio Award in 1991 and the Municipal Board Award in 1992. In 2001 she had her first prose book published. She is a member of the

Academy of the Guarani Language The Academy of the Guarani Language ( gn, Guarani Ñe’ẽ Rerekuapavẽ, es, Academia de la Lengua Guaraní) is a Paraguayan institution that promotes and regulates the Guarani language, one of the official languages of Paraguay and the Mercosur ...

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