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María Mercedes Carranza

Colombian writer and poet (1945–2003)

Maria Mercedes Carranza

Born(1945-05-24)24 May 1945

Bogotá, Colombia

Died11 July 2003(2003-07-11) (aged 58)

Bogotá, Colombia

EducationUniversity of Los Andes
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, journalist
Notable work
  • El canto de las moscas (1997)
  • Nueva poesía colombiana (1972)
  • Tengo miedo (1983)
SpouseFernando Garavito

María Mercedes Carranza (24 May 1945 – 11 July 2003) was a poet and journalist from Bogotá, Colombia, who spent most of her childhood in Spain.

Biography

Early life

Carranza was the second child of Rosa Coronado and poet Eduardo Carranza [es]. She was one of four children in the family. Her father was also a poet, he moved to Spain as cultural attache at the Colombian embassy in Madrid. María lived there from ages six to thirteen, with periods in Paris, and under the intellectual influence of her father and her materna María Mercedes Carranza Poems and Biography | Poemist.