María Elena Carballo (born 1958) is a

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. She was the Minister of Youth and Culture in Costa Rica María Elena Carballo, Flora Ovares, Margarita Rojas, Carlos Santander: La casa paterna. Escritura y nación en Costa Rica, San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993 in 2006–2010.

Early life and education

Carballo has a degree from the

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and a PhD in Literary Studies from

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. She was a

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. ''La casa peterna'', a book that Carballo co-wrote, won the 1993 National Essay Prize.

References

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