SERGIO RAMIREZ : Writer and Former Vice President of Nicaragua (1985-1990) NICARAGUA: THE LOST R...

Nov 9, 2009 4:30 pm (Monday)
Dartmouth College (map)
Hanover, NH 03755
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Event details: SERGIO RAMIREZ : Writer and Former Vice President of Nica...
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Filene Auditorium
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Dickey Center for International Understanding , 603-646-2023
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Join us for a lecture with The Class of 1950 Senior Foreign Affairs Fellow, Sergio Ramirez. NICARAGUA: THE LOST REVOLUTION. Ramirez is a Nicaraguan writer and currently a Robert F. Kennedy Professor in Latin American Studies for Fall 2009 in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard. He was vice-president of Nicaragua from 1984-90 during the period of the Frente Sandinista de Liberacisn Nacional (FSLN) government. In 1995 he broke from the FSLN to form the Movimiento de Renovacisn Sandinista (MRS). He is the author of novels and essays that address culture, politics and society. His many books include Margarita, esta linda la mar, (1998) El reino animal (2006); Adiss muchachos ( 2007); Cuando todos hablamos ( 2008); and El cielo llora por mi (2009). His works have been translated into fifteen languages, and have recieved many awards, including the Premio Internacional Dashiell Hammett and the Premio Internacional de Novels Alfaguara.
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