Xinia Marie Estrada
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| Born | June 20, 1964 |
| Nationality | Costa Rican |
| Citizenship | Costa Rica |
| Alma mater | National University of Heredia |
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Xinia Estrada Mena (born June 20, 1964) professionally known as Xinia Marie Estrada is a poet and short story writer.
Early life and education
Mena was born in the province of San José, Costa Rica, the ninth of twelve children. She grew up in a rural area. An accused humanistic vocation and the family’s progressive ideas moved them to the city of Heredia, where in 1980, she began to study history at the National University of Heredia. She was working as a secretary, dental assistant, store clerk, and industrial laborer to pay for her studies.[1] In 1987, she founded the progressive local feminism 'Women' newsletter. Married and mother of two, Xinia Estrada moved to the United States in 1992, settling down in the city of Las Vegas. She studied history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[1]
Career
As a writer, Xinia Estrada broke into the Costa Rican cultural landscape as a result of her association with feminist movements, and her desire to disseminate it through literary channels. Thus, in 1989, her story Portrait of a Lost Woman was awarded the first prize in the contest CEFEMINA. Two years later, in 1991, she won two first prizes in the modalities of short story and poetry in the contest organized by the municipality of Guadalajara. Finally, more consolidated as a short fiction writer and a poet worthy of consideration, she was awarded a poetry prize by the National Magazine of Culture in Costa Rica in 1992 for her poems entitled 'Alma de piedra' and 'Mi calle'.[2] In 1994, both poems 'Alma de Piedra' and 'Mi calle' were published as part of the anthology Cuento y poesía, Volume 1 by the Costa Rican Universidad Estatal a Distancia.[3] Her narrative work has been mentioned in academic essays by the University of Alicante, Spain,[4] and the University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.[5]
As she settled in the United States in the 1990s, she collected data and testimonies from Hispanic-American women who have migrated illegally, for a report on these hard experiences which, moreover, have been reflected in her own literary production.[1] She has published three books in the United States.
Books
- Pluma en silencio, 2003. Editorial El Salvaje refinado, USA. ISBN-10 : 1948114224
- Retrato de una mujer perdida, 2006 (Second Edition, 2020). Obsidiana Press, USA. ISBN 13: 9781847285133.
- Dormir con aguacero, 2013. Obsidiana Press, USA. ISBN-10 : 1948114216
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carmen Naranjo; Linda Berrón (1993). Relatos de mujeres : antología de narradoras de Costa Rica (1st ed.). San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Mujeres. ISBN 9968-9718-0-4. OCLC 28966545.
- ↑ Meza Márquez, Consuelo (2008-01-20). "Narradoras centroamericanas contemporáneas: la utopía en la escritura". Diálogos Revista Electrónica. 9: 2813. doi:10.15517/dre.v9i0.31446. ISSN 1409-469X.
- ↑ Cuento y poesía (1st ed.). San José, Costa Rica. 1994. ISBN 9977-64-775-5. OCLC 32815524.
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- ↑ Meza-Márquez, Consuelo. "Cuerpo Femenino LIBRO.pdf".
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