Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 19 May 1944) is a contemporary Paraguayan poet and novelist. She is Secretary General of the Board of Governors of the twenty-member Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española. Her novel ''Los nudos del silencio'' (The knots of silence) has been translated into French, Italian, and English. On 16 December 2011, Ferrer was awarded Paraguay's National Prize for Literature by President Fernando Lugo. She is married with four children. {| |- | From: Sobreviviente | |- | | El eco de los pájaros | ''The echo of the birds'' |- | | se ha vuelto ceniciento. | ''has turned the colour of ash.'' |- | | De los árboles cuelga la amargura del duelo; | ''From the trees hangs the bitterness of the duel;'' |- | | y en la trémula línea del silencio, | ''and in the flickering line of the silence,'' |- | | calado de abandono, | ''fret with abandonment,'' |- | | asumo | ''I assume'' |- | | la soledad sin término. | ''unending solitude.'' |} Provided by Wikipedia