Miyó Vestrini

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Miyó Vestrini


Born
in Nimes, France
April 27, 1938

Died
November 29, 1991

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Miyó Vestrini (Marie-Jose Fauvelle Ripert) was born in France, emigrated to Venezuela at the age of 9, and at eighteen she joined Apocalipsis (Apocalypse), the only woman to do so in the then male-dominated scene of the Venezuelan avant-garde. She soon became a dedicated and prize-winning journalist, directing the arts section of the newspaper El Nacional. She published three books of poetry in her lifetime: 1971’s Las historias de Giovanna (The History of Giovanna), 1975’s El invierno próximo (The Next Winter), and Pocas virtudes (Little Virtues), published in 1986. Vestrini died by suicide on November 29, 1991, leaving behind two collections: a book of poems, Valiente Ciudadano (Brave Citizen) and a book of stories, Órdenes al corazón (Or ...more

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Grenade in Mouth: Some Poem...

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Todos los poemas

4.44 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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Pocas virtudes. Valiente ci...

4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2018
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Es una buena máquina

4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015
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Salvador Garmendia: pasillo...

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994
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Al filo

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015
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Órdenes al corazón

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Todos los poemas

3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994
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Las historias de Giovanna

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Grenade dans la bouche

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“Ahora bien, en Valiente Ciudadano, el poema titulado “Beatriz”, a todas luces autobiográfico, habla de una mujer que “no quiso participar en la grotesca ceremonia del elogio a la decadencia” y por eso “se suicidó a los cincuenta y tres años” dejando una “lista de equivocaciones y aciertos”.”
Miyó Vestrini, Órdenes al corazón

“Dicen que la gente a punto de morir ve la película de su vida en segundos. Para variar, hasta en eso he sido lenta. Cuadro a cuadro, desgraciada. Y disfrútalos. Ningún episodio tiene sentido. Algo así como una bola de billar de un mal jugador.”
Miyó Vestrini, Órdenes al corazón