Consuelo Hernández (poet)

Biography

Consuelo Hernández (poet) Consuelo Hernández (born 1952) is a Colombian American poet, scholar, literary critic and associate professor of Latin American studies at American University since 1995. She has received an "Antonio Machado" Award for the poem "Polifonía sobre rieles" among participants from 29 countries in Madrid, Spain, on October 17, 2011. She is a finalist at the international poetry contest of "Ciudad Melilla" in Spain and at the concurso "Letras de Oro" at the University of Miami. In 2003 she received an award from the Salvadoran Consulate in New York City for her poetry. In 2005 her poetry collection Manual de peregrina was included in the Special Library's collection at American University. She has read her poetry in the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, the Library of Congress, the New York...

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