Ana Enriqueta Terán (4 May 1918,

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. She was one of the best-known Venezuelan poets, especially because of her peculiar wordplay. Terán has written in several publications and all her works are compiled in ''Casa de hablas'' (1991). She won the National Prize for Literature in 1989.

Work

*'' Al norte de la sangre'' (1946) *'' Presencia terrena'' (1949) *'' Verdor secreto'' (1949) *'' De bosque a bosque'' (1970) *'' El libro de los oficios'' (1975) *'' Libro de Jajó'' (1980-1987) *'' Música con pie de salmo'' (1985) *'' Casa de hablas'' (1991) *'' Alabatros'' (1992) *'' Antología poética'' (2005) *'' Construcciones sobre basamentos de niebla'' (Monte Ávila Editores, 2006) *'' Piedra de habla'' (2014) Biblioteca Ayacucho.

References

External links

Selected Poems by Ana Enriqueta Terán
1918 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Venezuelan poets People from Valera Venezuelan women poets 20th-century Venezuelan women writers 21st-century Venezuelan women writers 21st-century Venezuelan poets {{Venezuela-writer-stub