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Alicia Yánez Cossío was born on 10 December, 1928 in Quito, Ecuador, is an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. Discover Alicia Yánez Cossío's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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Writer, poet, journalist |
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95 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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10 December, 1928 |
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10 December |
| Birthplace |
Quito, Ecuador |
| Nationality |
Ecuador
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Alicia Yánez Cossío Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Alicia Yánez Cossío Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alicia Yánez Cossío worth at the age of 95 years old? Alicia Yánez Cossío’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. She is from Ecuador. We have estimated Alicia Yánez Cossío's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Alicia Yáñez Cossío (Quito, September 10, 1928 ) is a prominent Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist.
In 1993, she became a widow.
She is a woman whose fame has expanded beyond the borders of her homeland.
Yáñez Cossio is one of the leading figures in Ecuadorian literature and in Latin America, and she is the first Ecuadorian to win the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, which she received in 1996.
In 1996, she received the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz for the best Latin American novel written by a woman.5
When the original authors left the island, the stories were confiscated, later to be re-written in 1996, mixing history with crude realism.
In 1998, she edited "Retratos cubanos" ("Cuban Portraits") with 18 stories written between 1957 and 1961 from Cuba.
They mainly discussed man's battle to attain freedom.
In 2002, she was honored by the Government of the Province of Pichincha and its Provincial Patronage by the institution of a children's literature contest that bears her name.
This contest aims to stimulate all the districts of Pichincha's provinces to contribute to the creation of spaces for expression, research and strengthening of cultural identity.
In 2008 she received Ecuador's highest literary prize, the "Premio Eugenio Espejo" for her lifetime of work.
Daughter of Ing.el Alfonso Yánez Proaño and Clemencia Cossío Larrea.
When she was six years old she entered the Sagrados Corazones School of Quito, where she stayed for a while due to academic failings stemming from a dislike of arithmetic.
However, since she was young, Cossío she always desired to be a writer because of her great talent with words.3
Yáñez Cossío would later say: “I had an extremely happy childhood, maybe a bit boyish, influenced by the first books I read: the works of Julio Verne and Tarzan’s feats.
Her characters frequently represent the community that fights to rescue woman's elementary rights.
Male chauvinism is a recurring theme in her writing.
Irony, sarcasm and hyperbole make evident twisted masculine superiority, where she critiques social concepts, such as virginity, homosexuality, etc.
She has other unprecedented novels with similar characteristics.
One of them is "El Cristo Feo" ("The Ugly Christ").
