Arvelo Larriva, Enriqueta (1886–1963)
Arvelo Larriva, Enriqueta (1886–1963)
Venezuelan poet. Name variations: Enriqueta Arvelo. Born Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva in 1886 in Barinitas, Venzuela; died 1962 in Venezuela; sister of Alfredo Arvelo Larriva (poet); self-educated.
As a poet, walked in the shadow of her brother; championed a number of causes, including the opportunity for women to live in liberation and, through the Viernes Group, the right of minorities to own land (Viernes was also concerned with the recovery of native myth, tradition and legend); works include El cristal nervioso (The Narrow Mirror, 1931), Poemas perseverantes (Persistent Poems, 1963), and Mandato del canto (Mandate of the Song, 1957).
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