Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva

Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva (22 March 1886 – 10 December 1962) was a Venezuelan poet. She is considered to be one of the founders of the women's poetry movement in Venezuela and one of the country's principal avant-garde poets.

Biography Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva was born in Barinitas, Venezuela into a wealthy family. She was a sister of the poet Alfredo Arvelo Larriva. Self-taught, she lived most of her life in Barinitas, working as a teacher and nurse on her family's estate.

She was a member of the Viernes Group of poets. In 1958 she was awarded the Municipal Poetry Prize for her Mandato del canto (1957).

Works Voz aislada (Isolated Voice), 1930 El cristal nervioso (The Narrow Mirror), 1931 Poemas de una pena (Poems of Shame) 1942 El canto del recuento (Counting Song) 1949 Mandato del canto; poemas, 1944-1946 (Mandate to Sing), Caracas, 1957 Poemas perseverantes (Persistent Poems), 1963