Martha Rivera-Garrido

Martha Rivera-Garrido (born January 19, 1961) is a Dominican poet, narrator, essayist, and opinion writer. She is part of the Dominican literary cohort named the 80s Generation. Rivera-Garrido's literary works have been translated into languages including English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic. Her novels, essays and poems have been published in international magazines and anthologies.
== Life ==
Rivera-Garrido was born in Santo Domingo, the great-granddaughter of the Dominican poet Gastón Fernando Deligne. She studied Political Science at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. She has lived for long periods in the United States, in New York City and Miami, as well as in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
== Works ==
=== Poetry ===
* Transparencias de mi espejo. Editora Búho, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1985.
* Alfabeto de Agua: Poesía reunida de Martha Rivera-Garrido 1985-2013. Ediciones Ferilibro, Editora Nacional del Ministerio de Cultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-9945475913. 
* Enma e altriframmenti, EditoreArcoiris, Multimeida SRL, Napoles, Italy, 2016. ISBN: 978-88-99877-07-1
=== Fiction ===
I Have Forgotten Your Name (He Olvidado tu Nombre) is Rivera-Garrido's first and only novel. It won the Casa de Teatro International Narrative Award in 1996. Since it's release, the novel has established itself as the most incisive portrait of Dominican society at the end of the 20th century. The first edition of the book was released in 1997. The novel was translated to English by Mary Berg, this translation was released by White Pine Press on June 1, 2004 (ISBN: 9781893996731). After being sold out for close to 20 years, a second edition was released in 2018 (ISBN: 978-9945090536). 
=== Nonfiction ===
* Tonó: Una historia de solidaridad sin límites con las Hermanas Mirabal y su familia. Publicaciones de la Fundación Hermanas Mirabal, 2018, Santo Domingo. ISBN: 978-9945-592-25-2.
=== Anthologies ===
* 1985 - Reunión de Poesía, Poetas de la Crisis. Miguel de Mena. Ediciones de la Crisis, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 1985 - Sin otro Profeta que su Canto: Antología escrita por Dominicanas. Daisy Cocco de Filippis, Biblioteca Taller, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 1995 - Antología Histórica de la Poesía Dominicana Del Siglo XX: 1912-1995. Franklin Gutiérrez, Ediciones Alcance, New York, USA.
* 2000 - Santo Domingo: Su poesía. Miguel De Mena, Ediciones Cielo Naranja. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2001 - Juego de imágenes: La nueva poesía dominicana. Frank Martínez y Néstor Rodríguez. Edición Isla Negra/ Hojarasca, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2002 - Respiro del Ritmo: Imágenes, Cuentos, Músicas Dominicanas. Danilo Manera. Stampa Alternativa, Rome, Italy.
* 2002 - La Poesía de Mujeres Dominicanas a Finales del Siglo XX. Esther Gimbernard González. The Edwin Meller Press, LTD, New York, USA.
* 2005 - Onde, farfalla e aroma di caffè: Storie di donnedominicane. Danilo Manera. Edizioni Estemporanee de Roma, Italy.
* 2006 - Puente de Palabras: Compilación de Poesías Costarricenses y Dominicanas. Mario Ulate, Alexandra Meléndez, Basilio Belliard. Ferilibro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2008 - La ciudad en nosotros: la ciudad en la poesía dominicana. Soledad Álvarez. Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, Santo Domingo, 
* 2009 - Máscaras de Orfeo: Poesía Brasileña y Dominicana. Floriano Martins y Basilio Belliard. Ediciones Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2009 - Quedar en lo Cantado: Selección de poesía contemporánea dominicana y argentina. Florencia Castellano y Basilio Belliard. El Fin de la Noche Editions, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 2010 - Cantos del Aire: Antología bilingüe de poesía dominicana. Emanuel Bettini, Ediciones SM, Rome, Italy.
* 2012 - 17 poeti della Repubblica Dominicana. Traducción del italiano Emilio Cocco. Quaderni di Poesia, Rome, Italy.
* 2014 - Especial Poesía del Caribe: Autores Dominicanos Nacidos del 1940 al 1980. Mario Meléndez. Revista Ómnibus No. 46, Granada, Spain.
* 2015 - Breve Teatro para leer: Poesía dominicana reciente. Pedro Granados. Ediciones Media Isla, Houston, USA.
* 2015 - Antología Poetica bilingue de la Academia de letras de la India. Profesor Ganguly, JNU Universit, India. 
* 2015 - Antología de la Poesía Amorosa: Colección Poesía Dominicana Tomo I. Ángela Hernández Nuez. REFIDOMSA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2016 - Eros y Poiesis: Antología temática de la poesía dominicana Volumen I, Orlando Muñoz. Editora Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2017 - Voces en el vino: Palitachi Compiladora, Book and Smith, New York, USA.
* 2018 - Indómita & Brava: Poesía Dominicana 1960-2010. Manuel García Cartagena. Armagord, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 2019 - No creo que yo esté aquí de más: Antología de poetas dominicanas 1932-1987, Plinio Chahín, Rosa Silverio, Huerga y Fierro Editions, Madrid, Spain.
* 2019 - En el mismo trayecto del sol: Poesía Dominicana 1894-1984, Rosa Silverio. Huerga y Fierro Editions, Madrid, Spain.
== Awards ==
* 1996 - Casa de Teatro International Narrative Award.
* 2013 - Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic dedicated a day of the International Book Fair
* 2013 - A street in the Dominican Cultural Plaza in Santo Domingo has been named after her. 
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Quote by Martha Rivera-Garrido: “Don't fall in ... - Goodreads
* A poem by Martha Rivera Garrido – MARCIA VAITSMAN
* Martha Rivera-Garrido - Photos | Facebook
* Best Martha Rivera-Garrido Quotes | Quote Catalog
* Martha Rivera - Martha Rivera Poems - Poem Hunter
* Martha Rivera-Garrido Archives - translateen.com
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