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Julieta Dobles

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Julieta Dobles
BornJulieta Dobles Yzaguirre
(1943-03-11) 11 March 1943 (age 81)
San José, Costa Rica
OccupationPoet, writer, educator
Notable worksReloj de siempre (1965)
El peso vivo (1968)
Hojas furtivas (2007)
Spouse
(divorced)
Children5

Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre (born 11 March 1943) is a Costa Rican poet, writer, and educator. She is a five-time winner of the Aquileo J. Echeverría Award [es] and received the Magón National Prize for Culture in 2013.

Biography

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Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre was born on 11 March 1943 in San José, Costa Rica.[1] Her mother, Ángela Yzaguirre, was a teacher and an unpublished poet.[2] Dobles completed her studies at the University of Costa Rica, where she studied philology and linguistics.[3] She also received a master's degree in Hispanic philology, specializing in Hispanic American literature, from Stony Brook University.[4] Following her education, she joined the Círculo de Poetas (Circle of Poets), where she was first taught by Jorge Debravo and Laureano Albán.[1]

In 1977, she signed the Transcendentalist Manifesto (Spanish: Manifiesto trascendentalista) alongside Laureano Albán, Carlos Francisco Monge and Ronald Bonilla.[5][better source needed]

Doble's poems and articles have been published in various journals and magazines, including the poems Reloj de siempre (1965), El peso vivo (1968), Hojas furtivas (2007).[6] She is a professor of secondary education, as well as a professor of literature, communication, and language, at the Escuela de Estudios Generales at the University of Costa Rica. She has also coordinated various workshops on literature there. She has been a member of the Academia Costarricense de la Lengua since 2006.[7]

Awards

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Dobles is a five-time winner of the Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría [es] in Poetry (1968, 1977, 1992, 1997, and 2003). She was awarded the Premio Editorial Costa Rica [es] in 1975 and the runners-up' prize of the Premio Adonáis de Poesía in 1981.[8] In 2013, the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and Youth awarded Dobles the Magón National Prize for Culture.[1][8]

Personal life

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Dobleswas married to poet Laureano Albán from 1967 to 2001.[1] They had five children, and worked on several books together.[1][3]

Bibliography

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Her published works include:[7]

  • Reloj de siempre (1965)
  • El peso vivo (1968)
  • Los pasos terrestres (1976)
  • Hora de lejanías (1982)
  • Los delitos de Pandora (1987)
  • Una viajera demasiado azul (1990)
  • Amar en Jerusalén (1992)
  • Costa Rica poema a poema (1997)
  • Poemas para arrepentidos (2003)
  • Las casas de la memoria (2005)
  • Fuera de álbum (2005)
  • Hojas furtivas (2007)
  • Cartas a Camila (with Laureano Albán, 2007)
  • Trampas al tiempo (2015)
  • Poemas del esplendor (2016)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Chaves Espinach, Fernando (21 January 2014). "Julieta Dobles, la niña más grande de la poesía tica". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Diez escritos reviven al Rubén Darío entrañable" [Ten writings resurrect the endearing Rubén Darío]. La Nación (in Spanish). 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Poet Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre wins Magón Award". The Tico Times. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ^ Rodríguez Chaverri, Camilo (15 September 2003). "Julieta Dobles. Las Casas de su Memoria". ArtStudio Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ Silva, Carlos (14 September 2018). "Costa Rican Literature: Rich in Content and Still Flourishing". The Costa Rica News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre". Dirección de Cultura (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre" (in Spanish). Academia Costarricense de la Lengua. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b Miranda, Yendry (20 January 2014). "Julieta Dobles es la ganadora del Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón 2013" [Julieta Dobles is the winner of the 2013 Magón National Prize for Culture]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2019.