Monday, November 9
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SERGIO RAMIREZ : Writer and Former Vice President of Nicaragua (1985-1990) NICARAGUA: THE LOST REVOLUTION . 
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4:30pm |
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6pm |
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Filene Auditorium |
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Join us for a lecture with The
Class of 1950 Senior Foreign
Affairs Fellow, Sergio Ramirez.
NICARAGUA: THE LOST REVOLUTION.
Ramirez is a Nicaraguan writer and
currently a Robert F. Kennedy
Professor in
Latin American Studies for Fall
2009 in the Department of Romance
Languages and
Literatures at Harvard. He was
vice-president of Nicaragua from
1984-90 during
the period of the Frente
Sandinista de Liberacisn Nacional
(FSLN) government. In 1995 he
broke from
the FSLN to form the Movimiento de
Renovacisn Sandinista (MRS). He is
the author of novels and essays
that address culture, politics and
society. His many books include
Margarita, esta linda la mar,
(1998) El reino animal (2006);
Adiss muchachos ( 2007); Cuando
todos hablamos ( 2008); and El
cielo llora por mi (2009). His
works have been translated into
fifteen languages, and have
recieved many awards, including
the Premio Internacional Dashiell
Hammett and the Premio
Internacional de Novels
Alfaguara.
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Dickey Center for International Understanding , 603-646-2023 |
| Updated by: |
Sharon M. Tribou-St. Martin |
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