Tania Ramos González (born 14 May 1971 in

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) is a Puerto Rican author, poet, lecturer, columnist, and former dancer. Her poetry

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is Azula. She is the granddaughter of the activist Lolita Aulet. She obtained her PhD in Philosophy and Letters from the

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. Ramos writes as a columnist in several newspapers, such as ''El Sol de Colombia'', ''Revista Ikaro'' (Costa Rica), ''El Siglo'' (Guatemala), ''Revista Latina NC'' (

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), and ''Posdata Digital'' (Argentina).

Selected works

* ''AZULA'' (poem anthology, 2011) * ''Invisibilidades'' (poem anthology; Editorial Areté boricua, 2020) * ''Llueve'' (poem anthology; unpublished) * ''Piso 13'' (short stories; unpublished)

Awards

* Primer Premio por la Mejor Coreografía Contemporánea, Honduras 1996. * Premio Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, granted by

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for her master thesis on the idea of death in

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's poetry work. 2002. * Honorable mention, literary contest of

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, 2014.

References

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