Nationality Chilean Name Alicia Vivar | Role Poet | |
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Full Name Alicia Galaz Vivar Born December 4, 1936 ( 1936-12-04 ) Valparaiso, Chile Known for literary researcher, founder and director of the poetry magazine Tebaida Died October 18, 2003, Tennessee, United States | ||
Alicia Galaz Vivar (born in Valparaiso on December 4, 1936 – died in Tennessee on October 18, 2003) was a Chilean poet and literary researcher. She was the founder and director of the poetry magazine Tebaida.
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Biography
Galaz Vivar was born in Valparaiso and was a professor at the University of Chile of Arica (now University of Tarapaca). Along with her husband, fellow poet Oliver Welden, she became a key figure in Tebaida, a culture magazine founded in 1968. They were forced into exile in 1975 in the aftermath of the Chilean military coup of 1973.
She received a doctorate from the University of Alabama and taught, starting in 1989, at the University of Tennessee at Martin. She retired with the rank of professor emeritus. She died in the town of Martin at her place of residence in 2003.