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Irma Pineda

Irma Pineda (Binnizá) is the author of twelve books of bilingual (Spanish-Isthmus Zapotec) poetry. Naxiña’ Rului’ladxe’/Rojo Deseo won Mexico’s 2018 Caballo Verde best poetry book prize. She serves on the faculty of the National Teachers’ University in Ixtepec and as Vice-President of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She lives in Juchitán, Oaxaca.

Irma Pineda es autora binnizá de doce libros de poesía bilingüe (español-diidxazá). Naxiña ’Rului’ladxe’ / Rojo Deseo ganó el premio “mejor libro de poesía Caballo Verde” en 2018. Es profesora de la Universidad Nacional Pedagógica en Ixtepec y Vicepresidenta del Foro Permanente para Asuntos Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas. Vive en Juchitán, Oaxaca.

 
 

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