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Mar 24, 1969 San Salvador, San Salvador Department, El Salvador 55 years old
Poet and Writer
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About Nora Méndez
- Nora Méndez (born March 24, 1969) is a Salvadoran poet. Born in San Salvador, Méndez studied sociology and communication at the University of El Salvador.
- She is described as a "resistance poet", writing verse in response to the political situation in El Salvador.
- At one time a political prisoner, she later became active with ASTAC, the Salvadoran Association of Cultural Workers.
- Other themes of her work include domestic violence and the status of women in her country.
- Her work has appeared in several anthologies, beginning with Poets of the Resistance, published by the University of Michigan in 1996.
- Some of her poetry has been translated into German for publication online.
- Méndez has appeared at poetry festivals in her native country and in Nicaragua and Colombia, as well as elsewhere in Latin America and in Europe.
- She has also performed as a singer, appearing with the group Nuevamérica, for whom she also wrote songs, during the 1980s.
- Among her publications are the books Atravesarte a pie toda la vida (2002) and La Estación de los Pájaros (2004).
