Quote by Claribel Alegría: “I write because I have no other way to tell what is happening to my people.”

This confession reveals the deep sense of responsibility Alegría felt as a writer, using her craft as a vital tool to bear witness to the suffering and struggles of her Salvadoran people amidst political turmoil and oppression.

Amidst the Salvadoran Civil War and her own exile, Alegría channeled her anguish into poetry and prose, giving voice to victims and documenting human rights abuses when many were silenced.

Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet and novelist who chronicled the political violence and social upheaval of Central America in the 20th century. Her poetry collection Flores del volcán and her testimony Luisa in Realityland are central works in Latin American literature. She was a lifelong advocate for human rights and the Sandinista revolution.