María Elena Carballo (born 1958) is a Costa Rican politician. She was the Minister of Youth and Culture in Costa Rica María Elena Carballo, Flora Ovares, Margarita Rojas, Carlos Santander: La casa paterna. Escritura y nación en Costa Rica, San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993 in 2006–2010.
Early life and education Carballo has a degree from the University of Costa Rica and a PhD in Literary Studies from Brandeis University. She was a Fulbright scholar. La casa peterna, a book that Carballo co-wrote, won the 1993 National Essay Prize.
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