Martha Rivera (1960-) is a poet and novelist. One of her novels, I’ve Forgotten Your Name was translated into English by Mary Berg and published by White Pine Press. She belongs to the “generation of the 80s”. She has three books of poetry, which are described as concerned with the “intimate and everyday,” and “closely connected to the body, though the city still occupies an essential space”. Her novel won the Casa de Teatro International Prize in 1995. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Rivera http://www.cielonaranja.com/rivera.htm

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