Vestigios del Corazón

by Gloria Martínez Castillo


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Hardcover
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Book Details

Language : Spanish
Publication Date : 15/03/2011

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 132
ISBN : 9781452093208
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 132
ISBN : 9781452093192

About the Book

Albeit modern times bring with it changes in lifestyle preferences, a great deal of people keep their predilection for reading, in this case, poetry. The author started to write verses and rhymes in Spanish at a very young age, adding later on poems in English, but it was not until her retirement that she decided to recompile everything for publication. In that regard, the author has tried to pour out on paper personal experiences on different topics such as the eternal theme of love, as well as nature and distant places, which beauty she accurately describes in verse.


About the Author

Gloria C. Martinez is a Translator/Interpreter of English-Spanish, specializing in technical material, and a poetess by vocation and conviction. After receiving her professional certification from Rice University in Houston, Texas, she worked several years independently as a free-lance translator; she then became an official translator for the UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where she recently retired after 20 years of service.

 

Among her poetic activities, we can cite that she was the first place winner of the Houston 2010 Spanish Book Fair, and second place winner in 2009; this event takes place annually with the participation of local and foreign authors. In addition, she was also the recipient of a certificate of recognition for her writings, from The Historical and Cultural Council of the city of Sabinas Hgo., N.L. in Mexico.

 

Regarding her literary work in English, some of her poems were included in a poetic anthology published in 2009 by a literary group of Houston; such book is titled CONVERSING THROUGH POETRY, and she is already preparing her next book of poems in English.