Fanny Carrión de Fierro

Fanny Carrión de Fierro is a poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor.

She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito, 1981), as well as a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree (Licenciatura) in Education from the Central University of Ecuador.

She has written and published essays on several topics, including political, cultural and social issues. These include essays on gender issues, human rights, children's rights, the indigenous movement, and linguistics.

Her poems have also been included in several anthologies, including "These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women" (1994) and "Eye to Eye-Women: Their Words and Worlds" (1997).

She has received several literature awards, including: the Gabriela Mistral National Poetry Award (1958, 1961, 1981 y 1985); the National Poetry Award of Ecuador (1962); and the "Juana de Ibarbuoru" Poetry Prize, Montevideo (1995).

In the Fall 2006 elections, she wrote and published electronically an essay titled "Towards the Fifth Power", on the importance of civil society participation to consolidate democracy.

Carrión de Fierro has been a university professor at several universities in Ecuador and the United States. She is currently a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito). She has also been a visiting professor and Fulbright Scholar at Keene State College, a visiting professor at Willamette University in Oregon, and a professor at several other universities in Ecuador.

She has been on the board of the Association of College Professors of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito. She is also on the board on several development non-governmental organizations.

ee also

*Luis Fierro

elected bibliography

Poetry

* "En la Voz del Silencio" (1980)
* "Where light was born: A personal anthology of selected poems by Fanny Carrión de Fierro" (1999; translated by Sally Cheney Bell) ISBN 1882063473
* "Donde nació la Luz: Antología Personal" (2000) ISBN 9978413790

Criticism

* "José de la Cuadra: Precursor del realismo mágico hispanoamericano" (1993) ISBN 9978770291

External links

* [http://www.votebien.ec/carta027.htm Essay on democratic participation]
* [http://www.43things.com/entries/view/1049766 "Speak to Me"]