Natalia Toledo

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Natalia Toledo Paz
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Born1968 (age 56–57)
Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico
Language Zapotec, Spanish
GenrePoetry
SubjectWomen, environment, indigenous cultures
Notable worksCuento del Conejo y el Coyote/ Didxaguca' sti' Lexu ne Gueu' (2008), Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems (2015)
Spouse
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(m. 1995;died 2021)​
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Natalia Toledo Paz (born 1968) is a Mexican poet who writes in Spanish and Zapotec. Her work helped to revive interest in the Zapotec language. [1] Ida Kozlowska-Day states that Toledo is "one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native languages of Mexico." [2]

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Early life and education

Toledo Paz was born in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca. [3] She is daughter of the painter Francisco Toledo [4] and sister of Dr Lakra. Until she was seven and moved to Mexico City, Toledo Paz lived in a community where Zapotec was the main language spoken. [2] Toledo Paz has been writing since she was young. [1] Toledo Paz studied in Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán and Sociedad General de Escritores de México (the General Society of Writers of Mexico, SOGEM). [3]

Career

Toledo Paz's writing has been concerned with women and their relationship to the environment. [5] Her writing, along with other writers' use of the Zapotec language in their work, has helped boost demand in Mexico to make indigenous cultures more visible. [6] Toledo Paz enjoys using the Zapotec language because she feels that it has "a great aesthetic sensibility for creating images and beauty." [2]

Toledo Paz has also collaborated with her father, Francisco, to create children's stories, such as Light Foot/Pies ligeros (2007). [7] Toledo Paz has been a fellow of Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (the National Fund for Culture and for the Arts, FONCA) (1994–1995; 2001–2002), and Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Oaxaca (the Fund for Culture and for the Arts of Oaxaca, FOESCA) (1995–1996). [3]

She is the president of Patronato de la Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán (Fund of the House of Culture of Juchitán).

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Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Entregan premio Nezahualcóyotl a la poeta Natalia Toledo Paz". Letralia: Teirra de Letras (in Spanish) (118). 22 November 2004. ISSN   1856-7983 . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Kozlowska-Day, Ida (2013). "The Ecological Dimension of Natalia Toledo Paz's Poetry". In Lopez, Francisca (ed.). Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing: Shaping Gender, the Environment, and Politics. New York: Routledge. pp. 140–142. ISBN   9780415626941.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ceremonia de premaicion a la escritora zapoteca Natalia Toledo". Premio Nezahualcoyoti de Literaturea 2004 (in Spanish). November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 November 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Wadham, Tim (March 2008). "Light Foot/Pies ligeros" . School Library Journal. 54 (3): 192. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Rosario, Mari Pino del (2014). "Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing: Shaping Gender, the Environment, and Politics". Hispania (1): 154–155. doi:10.1353/hpn.2014.0006. S2CID   143936518.
  6. ↑ Klahn, Norma (2011). "El Indigenismo desde la Indigeneidad". Nuevo Texto Critico (in Spanish). 24 (1): 165–186. doi:10.1353/ntc.2011.0020. S2CID   161253274.
  7. ↑ Glantz, Shelley (2008). "Light Foot" . Library Media Connection. 26 (4): 89. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Aguilar, Daniel López (2025-10-08). "Recibe Natalia Toledo la Medalla Bellas Artes de Literatura en Lenguas Indígenas". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
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