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Marjorie Agosín

Born

Maryland, The United States

Genre

Poetry, Human Rights

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Marjorie Agosín was born in Maryland and raised in Chile. She and her parents, Moises and Frida Agosín, moved to the United States due to the overthrow of the Chilean government by General Pinochet's military coup. Coming from a South American country and being Jewish, Agosín's writings demonstrate a unique blending of these cultures.

Agosín is well known as a poet, critic, and human activist. She is also a well-known spokesperson for the plight and priorities of women in Third World countries. Her deep social concerns and accomplishments have earned her many awards and recognitions, and she has gained an international reputation among contemporary women of color.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 3,223 ratings · 538 reviews · 125 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín, E.M. O'Connor (translator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,352 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maps of Memory: Return to Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series) by Marjorie Agosín, Lee White (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women (Secret Weavers Series) 4.32 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets in the Sand: The Young Women of Juarez by Marjorie Agosín, Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman (Translator), Marjorie Agosín 4.15 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile by Marjorie Agosín, Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman (Translator), Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Anne Frank: Poems by Marjorie Agosín, Richard Schaaf (Translator), Cola Franzen (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Earth and Sea: A Chilean Memoir (Camino del Sol) by Marjorie Agosín, Roberta Goldenstein (Translator), Natalia Nakazawa (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cartographies: Meditations on Travel by Marjorie Agosín, Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) (Preface), Nancy Abraham Hall (Translation) 3.63 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Always from Somewhere Else: A Memoir of My Chilean Jewish Father (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series) by Marjorie Agosín, Marjorie Agosín, Elizabeth Rosa Horan (Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Absence of Shadows (White Pine Press Human Rights Series, No. 6) (Spanish Edition) by Marjorie Agosín, Marjorie Agosín really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Everyone is always learning something new," my father would remind me when he checked to see if I was doing my homework and found me gazing out the window at the stars. "If not, why be alive?”
― Marjorie Agosín, I Lived on Butterfly Hill

tags: learning

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“Tears are for happiness.”
― Marjorie Agosín, I Lived on Butterfly Hill

tags: happiness, tears

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“I have been so busy asking for faith that I forgot to ask for patience.”
― Marjorie Agosín, I Lived on Butterfly Hill

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