Aida Toledo (born 1952) is a Guatemalan poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer and educator.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Guatemala City in 1952, Toledo studied literature at the San Carlos University. She then attended Pittsburgh University where she obtained both a master's degree (1997) and a doctorate (2001) in Latin American literature and culture. She has taught abroad at the University of Alabama, the University of Toulouse II – Le Mirail and the University of Arizona and in Guatemala at Rafael Landívar University and at the Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA).[3]
Works
Toledo's publications include academic works, poetry collections and fiction:[3]
- Academic works
- 1999: En la mansa oscuridad blanca de la cumbre, essays about the oeuvre of Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 2001: Vocación de herejes, reflections on contemporary Guatemalan literature
- 2004: Desde la zona abierta, critical articles on the work of Ana María Rodas
- 2008: Otra vez Gómez Carrillo
- Poetry collections
- 1990: Brutal batalla de silencios
- 1994: Realidad más extraña que el sueño (with which she won the Premio 15 de Septiembre award in 1992)
- 1997: Cuando Pittsburgh no cesa de ser Pittsburgh
- 1998: Bondades de la cibernética/Kindness of Cybernetics
- 2003: Pezóculos
- 2006: Con la lengua pegada al paladar (Quetzaltenango award in 2003)
- 2010: Un hoy que parece estatua
Awards
Toledo has received several literary awards including first prize at the 66th Hispanic-American Literature Competition at Quetzaltenango with her poetry collection Con la Lengua Pegada al Paladar (With the Tongue stuck to the Top of the Mouth).[2]
References
- ^ André, María Claudia; Bueno, Eva Paulino (9 January 2014). Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1637–. ISBN 978-1-317-72634-0.
- ^ a b Tiffany Lacey (21 October 2003). "UA assistant professor wins award for poetry". TuscaloosaNews.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Aida Toledo" (in Spanish). Teatro de la Luna. Retrieved 18 March 2015.