Vidaluz Meneses Robleto (28 May 1944 – 27 July 2016) was a Nicaraguan librarian, poet, academic, and social activist.
Biography Vidaluz Meneses Robleto was the daughter of Vida Robleto Valle and General Edmundo Meneses Cantarero. She attended the Colegio La Asunción for studies, and joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1977. She held a bachelor's degree in humanities with a minor in library science from Central American University, and became a dean of its Faculty of Arts and Letters. She was co-founder of the Nicaraguan Association of Writers (ANIDE) and its first president. She also chaired its board at various times, the last from 2007 to 2009. She was director of the Nicaraguan chapter of PEN International.
Along with Gioconda Belli, , and Daisy Zamora, Meneses is considered to be one of the most prominent Nicaraguan poets of the 1970s.
In 2013 she won the International Latino Book Award for her bilingual poetry book Flame in the Air (Llama guardada), and in 2014 she received the Order of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France for her contribution to arts and letters. Her work was translated into six languages. It includes Llama en el Aire – Antología poética 1974 al 1990 (1991), Literatura para niños en Nicaragua (1995), the poetry book Todo es igual y distinto (2004), and the anthologies Sonreír cuando los ojos están serios and La lucha es el más alto de los cantos, both in 2006.
Vidaluz Meneses Robleto died on 27 July 2016 at the age of 72.
Books 1974 – Llama guardada 1982 – El Aire que me llama 1991 – Llama en el Aire – Antología poética 1974 al 1990 1995 – Literatura para niños en Nicaragua 2005 – Todo es igual y distinto 2006 – Sonreír cuando los ojos están serios 2006 – La lucha es el más alto de los cantos 2013 – Flame in the Air (Llama guardada)
Awards 2013 – International Latino Book Award 2014 – Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
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