Carmen Rodriguez

About

Chilean-Canadian writer and political activist known for her poetry collection Guerra Prolongada and her short stories in "and a body to remember with".

Before Fame

He first short story was published in 1972, one year before the political coup in Chile that forced her to relocate to Canada.

Trivia

She became known for writing all of her work in Spanish and in English, doing all of it herself instead of relying on a translator.

Family Life

She married at eighteen and has two daughter in Chile. She later divorced her first husband, remarried, and had a son in Canada.

Associated With

She attended the University of Chile, where fellow poet and activist Pablo Neruda also matriculated.