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Ramírez, Sergio, 1942-

LC control no.n 50054910
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPQ7519.2.R25
Personal name headingRamírez, Sergio, 1942-
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Variant(s)Ramírez Mercado, Sergio, 1942-
Mercado, Sergio Ramírez, 1942-
Ramírez M., Sergio (Ramírez Mercado), 1942-
Other standard no.0000000108160007
109503769
Q1358652
Associated countryNicaragua
Associated placeManagua (Nicaragua) Spain
LocatedMadrid (Spain)
Birth date1942
Place of birthMasatepe (Nicaragua)
AffiliationUniversidad Nacional de Nicaragua
Profession or occupationLawyers Politicians Writers Novelists Exiles
Found inHis Nuevos cuentos, 1969.
Sandino, A.C. 4 de mayo, día de la dignidad nacional, 1980: t.p. (Sergio Ramírez M.)
Catalina y Catalina, 2001: p. 2 of cover (Sergio Ramírez; b. 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua; recd. law degree in 1964 from Univ. Nac. de Nicaragua; Vice President of Nicaragua, 1985)
Divine punishment, 2015: CIP (Sergio Ramirez) data view (b. Masatepe, Nicaragua, 1942; author of over thirty novels, memoirs, story- and essay-collections, is one of Latin America's most important literary figures. In addition to his masterwork Castigo Divino (1988; Divine Punishment, 2015), his other works include Margarita, está linda la mar (1998; Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, 2007) and Mil y una muertes (2004; A Thousand Deaths Plus One, 2009); he also served as the Vice President of Nicaragua (1984-1990); most recently, he was awarded the prestigious Carlos Fuentes Prize (2014); he lives in Managua)
New York times, 4 Sept. 2023: in an article entitled, "A novelist betrayed by what he helped build" on page C1 (Sergio Ramírez, a central figure in Nicaraguan literature and politics for six decades; prizewinning author of dozens of novels, short-story collections and works of nonfiction; now lives in Madrid, where he spends the mornings of his exile writing -- Ramírez has been forced into exile twice; once for his role in a revolution and once after writing, in a work of fiction, about what that revolution became)
Associated languagespa