Natividad Barroso facts for kids
Natividad Barroso Garcia, born in 1937, is a Venezuelan writer, poet, and researcher. She studies folklore, which is about the traditions and stories of people. She also teaches at a university and is interested in many subjects like books, languages, and how different cultures live. She helped start the Association of Writers of Lara State.
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About Natividad Barroso
Natividad Barroso was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which is in the Canary Islands. She moved to Venezuela and now lives in Barquisimeto, Lara. She studied literature at the Central University of Venezuela. Later, she earned advanced degrees in folklore and comparative literature from the same university.
Helping Others Read
In 1982, Natividad Barroso created a special program called The Hour of the Resonance. This program aimed to help people in poorer areas of Barquisimeto become interested in reading and books. The program was very successful. It even received recognition from the International Reading Association, a group of experts who work to improve reading skills worldwide.
Awards and Recognition
Natividad Barroso has received several important awards for her work. In April 1999, she was given the Button to the Merit City of Barquisimeto award. This award recognized her important contributions to the culture and society of Venezuela. In November 2007, she received the Roberto Montesinos Prize of Literature for her writing in Lara state. In the same year, she was honored with the Cultural Legacy of Lara State award. This is a very special honor given to only a few people while they are still alive.
She also writes for several Venezuelan magazines that focus on culture, such as the Revista Nacional de Cultura and El Impulso. She has given many talks and organized discussions about art and culture in Venezuela.
Her Books and Writings
Natividad Barroso has written several books and her work has appeared in many poetry collections.
Main Books
- Four essays from the twilights (2004)
- Unconscious Prose’s (2005)
- Eros and Society (2007)
Poetry Collections
Her poems have been included in many anthologies, which are collections of works by different writers. Some of these include:
- This way. Poetic sample of Lara (1987)
- To imagine the distance. Larense poetry of the 20th century (2000)
- Poetic image of Barquisimeto (2002)
- The celebration of Zaragoza’s of the State Lara (2003)
- Floricanto: 58 larenses poetesses (2006)
- III Poetry Anthological of the Mérida State (2008)
- Or voice/Our Voice/Notre Vois from the Pen International Club (2005)
- Conjugating the voices from the publishing house Novel Art of Cordova, Argentina (2005)
- New voices (2006)
- Narrators by the afternoon (2008)
Her name also appears in the third edition of a dictionary called Those who write in Venezuela. 18th to 19th Centuries (2006).
See also
In Spanish: Natividad Barroso para niños
