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'''Carmen Lyra''' (1888 - May 13, 1949) was the [[pseudonym]] of the first prominent female [[Costa Rica]]n writer, born '''Maria Isabela Carvajal'''. She was politically active, in the [[Communist Party]], and was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies.
==Michael J Swassing==


Her first novel ''En una silla de ruedas'' (In a Wheelchair), in 1918, portrays national customs and manners through the eyes of a paralysed boy who grows up to become an artist, with a strong dose of sentimentalism and intimations of the bohemian life of San Jose. A collection of folk tales ''Cuentos De Mi Tia Panchita'' (Tales of My Aunt Panchita) was published in 1920 and has remained continuously in print; the entirety of this collection appears in English translation in Horan's "The Subversive Voice of Carmen Lyra."
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Carmen Lyra was a notable educator, working first as a nurse, then as a journalist, co-founding the Centro Germinal for evening classes in 1910 and starting the first [[Montessori]] pre-school in in Latin America in 1926.
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She had a major role in organizing women schoolteachers to burn down the building that housed the official newspaper and to overthrow the dictatorship of Costa Rica's Tinoco brothers in 1916, after which she was given a scholarship to study abroad, at the Sorbonne, in France. She is credited with translating the [[Communist Manifesto]] into Spanish in 1920. As Costa Rican politics, under pressure from the United States, moved to the right, she and other leftists were dismissed from their teaching posts in 1933. She went on to take a leading role in the [[banana]] workers' [[Strike action|strike]] of 1934, writing ''Bananos y Hombres'' (Bananas and Men) and touring Costa Rica with a radical puppet theater.


In 1948, she was forced into political exile in [[Mexico]] after the [[Costa Rican Civil War]] and died there. The [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|Costa Rica Legislative Assembly]] awarded her the honour of ''Benemérita de la Cultura Nacional'' in 1976.
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* ''En una silla de ruedas'' (1918)
* ''Cuentos De Mi Tia Panchita'' (1920) - paperback edition (2000) Editorial Costa Rica, ISBN 9977231354


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* ''The Subversive Voice of Carmen Lyra: Selected Works'', tr. Elizabeth Rosa Horan, University Press of Florida (2000), ISBN 081301767X - publisher's details[http://www.upf.com/Spring2000/lyra.html]
* Luisa González and Carlos Luis Sáenz, ''Carmen Lyra'', San José: EUNED (1998) ISBN 9977649146 - in Spanish


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* Daniel Balderston, ''Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture)'', Routledge (2004), ISBN 0415306876
* [http://www.itcr.ac.cr/revistacomunicacion/2_2001/Carmen_Lyra.htm Carmen Lyra, Revista Comunicación, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica] - bio in Spanish


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* [http://www.inamu.go.cr/nuestras-huellas/Benemeritas/CarmenLyra.html Beneméritas de la Patria, INAMU, Government of Costa Rica] - bio in Spanish
Articles shouldn't be in both a category and one of its descendant categories. [[:Category:Roller derby]] is a subcategory of [[:Category:Roller skating]]. At least one of the articles you tagged today is currently in both. Can you check them and remove the roller skating category as necessary? Thanks. —[[User:Mjb|mjb]] 21:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
:(FYI) I posted a reply to your reply on my user talk page. —[[User:Mjb|mjb]] 23:18, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


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[[Category:Costa Rican people]]
Michael, look at the history of my page to find out. Although it wasn't obvious going through my list, it will stand out now.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:KP_Botany&diff=prev&oldid=154740401] Histories are the curiosity seekers best friend on Wikipedia. [[User:KP Botany|KP Botany]] 05:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
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== Roller derby rocks! ==
[[simple:María Isabel Carvajal]]

Oops. I meant to say, roller derby, at least some parts of it, may be considered notable and worthy of encyclopedic inclusion.

Thanks for the nice comment. It's refreshing to get a nice message, rather than the ones I usually get that read something like, "FREDSMITH2!!! You're violating [[WP:BITE|WP:LFM]], [[WP:BITE|WP:MCZ]], [[WP:BITE|WP:XLW]], [[WP:BITE|WP:GMT]], [[WP:BITE|WP:CYM]], [[WP:BITE|WP:OSD]], [[WP:BITE|WP:KVB]], [[WP:BITE|WP:TCV]], [[WP:BITE|WP:ZWW]], [[WP:BITE|WP:LQHK]], [[WP:BITE|WP:TBWI]], [[WP:BITE|WP:CFBL]], [[WP:BITE|WP:LZV]], [[WP:BITE|WP:WAN]], [[WP:BITE|WP:GSJY]], [[WP:BITE|WP:LPH]], [[WP:BITE|WP:TIQ]], [[WP:BITE|WP:DLB]], [[WP:BITE|WP:VSSS]], [[WP:BITE|WP:DAG]], and [[WP:BITE|WP:GCB]]!!!!! FREDSMITH2, I've reverted all of your edits and reported you!!!"

Thanks for your work, too. [[User:Fredsmith2|Fredsmith2]] 16:48, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

== Eh ==

Thanks for making an effort to change your attitude, and I apologize for being an immature 20 year old. Sometimes I do redicolous things, eh. [[User:-b|-b]] 06:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

== Minnesota RollerGirls ==
Given all your work on [[Rat City Rollergirls]], I thought I might point you towards what I've done for [[Minnesota RollerGirls]]. Feel free to take anything good that you see for Rat City's page. --[[User:Marumari|Marumari]] 21:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Marumari. I responded on your user page under the section Minnesota RollerGirls.[[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] 17:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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== Category:Wikipedians by ethnicity and nationality ==
I have closed the UCFD nomination that you initiated for [[:Category:Wikipedians by ethnicity and nationality]], for reasons explained in the closing statement. Briefly, the nomination could not produce any particular outcome and general discussion for entire category trees is more suited to talk pages. Please let me know if I can provide any additional clarification. Cheers, '''[[User:Black Falcon|Black Falcon]]''' <sup>([[User talk:Black Falcon|Talk]])</sup> 02:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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::You should [[WP:POINT#State your point; don't prove it experimentally|state your point instead of attempting to prove it experimentally]]. If you find fault with such precedents, you should either raise the issue on the WP:UCFD talk page, or (since the phrase "per precedent" is just a shorthand for "per arguments previously stated") express your qualms in the context of particular discussions, when those precedents are mentioned. Initiating individual nominations is not the way to go about changing policies or procedures. – '''[[User:Black Falcon|Black Falcon]]''' <sup>([[User talk:Black Falcon|Talk]])</sup> 03:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

== Proposal to split [[DDT]] into sub articles ==

There is a [[Talk:DDT#Major_split_into_seperate_articles|proposal]] to split [[DDT]] into several sub-articles. As someone who has contributed regulary to this article, your input would be appreciated. [[User:Yilloslime|Yilloslime]] [[User_Talk:Yilloslime|('''t''')]] 22:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

== Request for peer review ==

Hi, I saw your name on the [[wikipedia:peer review]] volunteer page. I'm currently working on a science article called the [[Kardashev Scale]], the page has gone through a lot of changes in the last 3 months, some of them reverts that I wish to overturn. I've sent out some notices to people who have worked on the page previously but I'm having problems getting open opinions and feedback. Their ideas about what they want the article to be about and look like are pretty set. I need outside opinion.

'''In my opinion the [[Kardashev scale]] has 3 primary interests:'''

*1) A benchmark used by [[Seti]] scientists in there search for [[extraterrestrials]]
*2) A catch-all vocabulary term for a scale used by scientists, in classifying advanced civilizations. This has important implications when speculating on sociological structures of advanced civilizations. But also, it is a necessary analysis when talking what about clues might be left behind or generated by alien species; which then might lead the the discovery of [[extraterrestrial]]s.
*3) Because it is can be used for the speculation of advanced civilizations it is a magnet for those interested in [[science fiction]]. Not many science fiction writers actually talk about the scale or the power generated by fiction species in power(WATTS) terms, but science fiction enthusiasts are interested in the [[Kardashev Scale]].

My primary goals are in advancing the content area of number 2 and diminishing the fictional content. After all, it is a scientific not a fictional topic. My secondary goals are to find and add published content on the extension of the scale. The feedback I have gotten is pretty much divided between goals 1 or 3. And I don't want to create a editing war!

So please read the article and the discussion page and tell me what you think!!

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*5)What do you think might be needed to be added to this article, what do you think needs to be edited out?

Thx--[[User:Sparkygravity|Sparkygravity]] ([[User talk:Sparkygravity|talk]]) 18:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

== Peer review idea ==

Hi, I have made a [[Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#A_new_proposal:_all_PR_requests_get_a_response|proposal]] that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog]].

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If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the [[Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review|PR talk page]] and thanks in advance for your help, [[User:Ruhrfisch|Ruhrfisch]] '''[[User talk:Ruhrfisch|<sub><font color="green">&gt;&lt;&gt;</font></sub><small>&deg;</small><sup><small>&deg;</small></sup>]]''' 00:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

:This seems so entirely reasonable that I cannot think of a workable excuse to weasel out of it. I did put my name on the list of volunteers, but have not looked back on the project on any sort of a regular basis. I will give it a go as soon as time permits. I do work a seasonal business, so my input to the wikipedia project as a whole is likely to be much less during the spring months. But even so a couple of articles a month should not overly tax my abilities. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 16:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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==Peer review request==
Hi I saw you were interested in peer reviewing articles on arboriculture. I was hoping you might do a review for [[Christmas tree cultivation]], given your experience/expertise.[[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] ([[User talk:IvoShandor|talk]]) 07:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

==Explain Why My Derby Posts Are Being Edited? : Explained==
I attempted to assist my wife start up a Derby league locally. The local WFTDA League came out in force to our rink, which was located over 45 minutes drive away from them, two towns away from them. They scared off any girls that were interested by Intimidation Efforts, Bullying, they swiped at the skates of one of our girls who was just LEARNING TO SKATE! And it was done at a Public Skating Session at a neutral rink?! These people are hooligans... thugs... Not Derby. Hell, their own Derby Association would shut them down if they knew what they had done. Anyway, I'm not even naming names on my post just stating facts. Why are you removing them? I assume that 8-Bit talked to you and that is why you felt it necessary to 'do something about it' but I am not sure why. I thought that Wikipedia was about facts, and that is what I stated. I didn't whine or bitch, I stated "FACTS"... so kindly explain why you removed it, or I will just place it again?
Thanks

:Welcome to wikipedia. Nobody talked to me about your edits, I have some Derby related articles on my watchlist. So I saw the previous edits. My removal of your contributions should not be taken as a personal affront or as any dispute of wether your statements are factual. I removed them because they were not composed in a manner one would expect for statements of fact in an encyclopedia article; they are about a dispute and are therefore controversial, or at least about a controversy, but did not have citations to a primary source (for example a newspaper, magazine article or some other source). If you witnessed a noteworthy event that has not been reported elsewhere, then the facts of that event might not get included in a wikipedia article until it is reported elsewhere. Others have had complaints about specific teams removed from articles, and I think it is likely that these concerns taken together may indicate that a newsworthy story is going unnoticed by published media accounts. However, until the facts are reported in a publication which could be cited as a reference, then those statements do not pass the verifiability requirement of wikipedia. If you would like to start a new article about the [[Old School Derby Association]], and include in that article the disagreements and personality conflicts which have lead to separate league associations, then that could be a great article. Be sure to attach citations to references for each statement of fact, and have the references before you post the new article for the first time, and I'll bet that article would withstand a notability challenge. Good luck, and I'd be happy to help if you are new to the wikipedia. Oh, and be sure to sign your comments in the future. Just type four tildes (~) in a row without spaces between and the computer will fill in the signature information and date stamp. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 05:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

:Lol... Thank you.<br />
I didn't realize the full spectrum of what wikipedia actually was. I have done more research now, sorry for my newbishness, and I have furthered a discussion on the TALK page for the League of Derby stuff. I will attempt to 'stick to the rules' so that I can get the information that NEEDS to be there... there. I seriously assumed that you had removed the sentence in question because or personal issues of some sort and I apologize if my response was rather heated. This is a topic that I feel needs to be out there. I guess I should contact our local news media and get the story to them so I CAN get it on wikipedia... lol. Ugh! We just wanted to leave a warning for future leagues somewhere that they might find it. I don't plan on maintaining the domain name for our league now that it is dead... but maybe I should? I don't know... Sorry for the emotion involved, but we put our heart and souls into this league, and what happened to it is just sad for all who were involved. Thanks for remaining professional, you and 8-bit helped me understand the whole wikipedia process even more. Have a great one and I hope you always enjoy derby.... Derby Not Drama!<br />
Peace
[[User:Randomblink|Randomblink]] ([[User talk:Randomblink|talk]]) 14:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

===Final Note: Thanks===
Mr. Swassinger: Thanks alot. Wikipedia just makes more sense now because of people like yourself and the others. I learned alot, and appreciate your help immensely. I will get my message out, but not here. So... thanks again! Have a great one man...<br />
[[User:Randomblink|Randomblink]] ([[User talk:Randomblink|talk]]) 14:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

:It is '''Swassing''', ... and, no problem. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 02:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== [[Ellen Page]] ==

Roller derby category? I assume there's a good reason but I didn't see it in the article. Cheers! [[User:DoubleBlue|<font color="darkblue">'''Double'''</font><font color="blue">Blue</font>]] ([[User talk:DoubleBlue|Talk)]] 01:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

:She will be starring in the film "Whip It," directed by Drew Barrymore, and based on the book "Derby Girl." Production is to begin this summer. She attended an LA derby game a couple of weeks ago with Barrymore as research. See also: [http://www.variety.com/VR1117979134.html] - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 01:29, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks. I was unaware what the plot of Whip It was. [[User:DoubleBlue|<font color="darkblue">'''Double'''</font><font color="blue">Blue</font>]] ([[User talk:DoubleBlue|Talk)]] 01:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== Request for Peer Review help ==

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog]]. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with ''Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog]] (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...''

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the [[Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers|PR volunteers]] page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at [[Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits]]. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. [[User:Ruhrfisch|Ruhrfisch]] '''[[User talk:Ruhrfisch|<sub><font color="green">&gt;&lt;&gt;</font></sub><small>&deg;</small><sup><small>&deg;</small></sup>]]''' 21:36, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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==Derby POV Changes==
Mr. Swassing, there are roughly 3 different users ElektraViolette, GCRG2006, and I forget the other (I could have misspelled the ones I placed here) and they are making changes that are strictly POV. I cut-n-pasted the information you gave me when I started doing POV changes, and they have disregarded these and continued making changes. Since you seem much more Wikipedia confident would you mind having a look at the changes being made and see what we can do to stop this?
They are changing the listing of the Green Country Roller Girls FROM Broken Arrow TO Tulsa despite their Home (and ONLY) rink being located in Broken Arrow. They are also making changes to the T-Town Derby Grrls listing, either removing it completely or adjusting it to state that the membership of the GCRG is in Tulsa.
What are the appropriate actions? What does the average Wiki-user do when someone is pulling these stunts?
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[[User:Randomblink|Randomblink]] ([[User talk:Randomblink|talk]]) 02:30, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

:The average Wiki-user is well advised to have a cup of tea. I'll take a look at the edits, and there are others with these pages on their watchlists. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. As more editors take a look, a consensus will begin to take shape. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 05:28, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

== Your edit on [[Chris Coleman (politician)]] ==

I noticed your recent edit on this article [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Coleman_(politician)&diff=235822515&oldid=227885029]. Although the content itself is OK, I have found the use of the word "trampling" in the subsection title as possibly violating [[WP:NPOV]]. As a result, I had the subsection title removed but other contents were kept.--[[User:Samuel Curtis|<font color="blue">Samuel</font>]] di [[User Talk:Samuel Curtis|<font color="red">Curtisi</font>]] di [[Special:Contributions/Samuel_Curtis|<font color="green">Salvadori</font>]] 16:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

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== Saturday night live ==

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:These five people were not the only ones commenting on it, It was quite a large discussion debate in Wikipedia (can't find the link anymore) which lead to [[Wikipedia:Overcategorization]]. Basically these kind of categories were getting out of hand. Some articles had about 30 or more of those categories. Cast members of general hospital, Cast members of Santa Barbara, Cast members of Star wars, Cast members of saturday night live etc. Personally I don't really like the ethnicity categories myself, but at least they don't clutter the page as bad. I am sorry that you did so much work for nothing, but better to stop it now then later when even more work would have gone into it. [[User:Garion96|Garion96]] [[User talk:Garion96|(talk)]] 16:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

What is getting out of hand is the way that the work of volunteer contributers is deleted by overzealous administrators applying policies decided on obscure discussion boards by a small group. What is really getting out of hand is the way that actors are categorized by ethnicity and religion and national origin but not by useful links based on their working associations and achievements. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 17:08, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
:The debate at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 25#Category:Actors by series]] was not really that obscure. Regarding ethnicity, feel free to bring that up at [[Wikipedia:Overcategorization]]. [[User:Garion96|Garion96]] [[User talk:Garion96|(talk)]] 20:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
:Just saw that a category discussion regarding ethnicity is being brought up right now. See [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 October 12#Category:People by race or ethnicity et. al.]] [[User:Garion96|Garion96]] [[User talk:Garion96|(talk)]] 22:47, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

::Thank you for directing my attention to that discussion. The over-emphasis of ethnicity in categorizing biographies has bothered me for some time. - [[User:Michael J Swassing|Michael J Swassing]] ([[User talk:Michael J Swassing#top|talk]]) 03:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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Carmen Lyra (1888 - May 13, 1949) was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer, born Maria Isabela Carvajal. She was politically active, in the Communist Party, and was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies.

Her first novel En una silla de ruedas (In a Wheelchair), in 1918, portrays national customs and manners through the eyes of a paralysed boy who grows up to become an artist, with a strong dose of sentimentalism and intimations of the bohemian life of San Jose. A collection of folk tales Cuentos De Mi Tia Panchita (Tales of My Aunt Panchita) was published in 1920 and has remained continuously in print; the entirety of this collection appears in English translation in Horan's "The Subversive Voice of Carmen Lyra."

Carmen Lyra was a notable educator, working first as a nurse, then as a journalist, co-founding the Centro Germinal for evening classes in 1910 and starting the first Montessori pre-school in in Latin America in 1926.

She had a major role in organizing women schoolteachers to burn down the building that housed the official newspaper and to overthrow the dictatorship of Costa Rica's Tinoco brothers in 1916, after which she was given a scholarship to study abroad, at the Sorbonne, in France. She is credited with translating the Communist Manifesto into Spanish in 1920. As Costa Rican politics, under pressure from the United States, moved to the right, she and other leftists were dismissed from their teaching posts in 1933. She went on to take a leading role in the banana workers' strike of 1934, writing Bananos y Hombres (Bananas and Men) and touring Costa Rica with a radical puppet theater.

In 1948, she was forced into political exile in Mexico after the Costa Rican Civil War and died there. The Costa Rica Legislative Assembly awarded her the honour of Benemérita de la Cultura Nacional in 1976.

As another tribute, her image appears in the 10.000 colones bill.

Books

  • En una silla de ruedas (1918)
  • Cuentos De Mi Tia Panchita (1920) - paperback edition (2000) Editorial Costa Rica, ISBN 9977231354

Further reading

  • The Subversive Voice of Carmen Lyra: Selected Works, tr. Elizabeth Rosa Horan, University Press of Florida (2000), ISBN 081301767X - publisher's details[1]
  • Luisa González and Carlos Luis Sáenz, Carmen Lyra, San José: EUNED (1998) ISBN 9977649146 - in Spanish

Sources

External links

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