Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Claribel Alegría: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born May 12, 1924 • Estelí • Nicaragua
Died January 25, 2018 (aged 93) • Managua • Nicaragua

Photos

Alegría, Claribel
See All Images →
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Author Sandra Cisneros stands outdoors with arms crossed, wearing a patterned brown shawl, large earrings, turquoise bracelet, and pink ribbons in her hair.
Sandra Cisneros
American author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
default image
David Malouf
Australian author
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Enid Blyton, 1962
Enid Blyton
British author
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond
Indian author
default image
Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet

Related Quizzes

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz