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05-06-2010, 05:30 PM
Dede Mirabal, the survivor of the Mirabal sisters who were murdered by dictator Trujillo towards the end of his regime, has won the National Book Fair Award. Dede Mirabal received a RD$450,000 cash prize for her book "Vivas en su jardin". The prize is sponsored by Grupo Leon Jimenes and the Ministry of Culture. The jury was made up of Jose Manuel Guzman Ibarra, Adriano Miguel Tejada and Ligia Minaya. They highlighted the historic importance of the subject. The book by Mirabal was published by Alfaguara.
There is a controversy over who actually wrote the book, nevertheless.
See: http://josersosa.blogspot.com/2010/05/perdonen-pero-dede-no-escribio-vivas-en.html

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