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Marta Aponte Alsina (22 November 1945 Cayey, Puerto Rico) is a storyteller, novelist and literary critic. [1]
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Marta Aponte Alsina (22 November 1945 Cayey, Puerto Rico) is a storyteller, novelist and literary critic. [1]
Her parents were Ismael Aponte Meléndez and Ana María Alsina Díaz. She studied Comparative Literature at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 1971, she obtained a degree in Regional Planning at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1979, she studied at the New York University (NYU), where she obtained a degree in Latin American Literature. [2]
She was the executive director of two publishing houses in her country: the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Press, [3] and the University of Puerto Rico Press. In addition to writing, she continues to work as an editor and translator.
She is a member of the board of directors of the Latin American Writers Network (RELAT), an organization founded in 1998, based in Lima, Peru, and affiliated with the Women's World Organization for Rights, Literature and Development.
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