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Sergio Ramírez
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1942
Sergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023.
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About Sergio Ramírez
Birth
1942
Sergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023.
Sergio Ramírez was born in 1942 in the Nicaraguan town of Masatepe.
His prolific literary career includes a total of 93 published works.
He is a multifaceted figure who has worked as a writer, journalist, lawyer, and politician.
His most notable work, Margarita, está linda la mar, is a fundamental reference in his prose.
The history and identity of Nicaragua are the central themes that run through much of his narrative.
