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- ↑ "List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1993". Archived from the original on Nov 9, 2013. Retrieved Dec 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Bolívar y Manuela en una ópera". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09.
- ↑ List of recipients of the Premio Eugenio Espejo with Spanish biographies Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
