Ángela Valle (née Etna María de los Ángeles Valle Cerrato; January 7, 1927 - May 9, 2003) was a Honduran writer, journalist, and essayist. In 1967, she was awarded the first prize "Premio Nacional de Poesía Juan Ramón Molina".

Biography

Etna María de los Ángeles Valle Cerrato was born in

Comayagüela Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

, January 7, 1927. Her parents were Bernardo Valle Hernández and Ana Leonor Cerrato Salgado. In her youth, in honor of her paternal grandmother, Ángela Hernández, she adopted the

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of Ángela Valle. Valle worked as a journalist in Honduras for various newspapers, including ''El Día'', ''El Cronista'', and

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. As a poet, she composed in a traditional way, using the sonnet or long and rhymed poems, but also using modern forms of free verse. Her work has been incorporated into various

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of literature such as ''Poesía hondureña del siglo XX'' by Claude Couffon, 1997. She died in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

, May 9, 2003.

Awards

* 1967, first prize, Premio Nacional de Poesía Juan Ramón Molina

Selected works

*''Arpegios'' *''Azahares'' *''Inicial'' *''La celda impropia'' *''Las flores de mayo'' *''Lúnulas'' (Premio Nacional de Poesía Juan Ramón Molina) *''Más allá de la cruz'' *''Nombre para un soneto'' *''Pajarera de luz'' *''Plaqueta de la ausencia'' *''Sirte''

References

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