Bertha Lopez GiraldoShe was born in Manizales (Colombia). She was educated in the capital of Caldas and at the end of her studies travelled throughout the country and overseas performing poetry recitals. Besides a poet, Bertha is a declaimer. She studied reciting and drmatic arts at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá where she performed several times. She is also an interior decorator and has successfully practiced this profession in Caracas, Venezuela where she lived for 28 years. She now resides in the US and writes a weekly column for the Spanish Journal in Milwaukee, WI. Bertha has been included in the following anthologies: "Women in Colombia" "Feminine Values in Colombia" "Goddesses in Bronze" by Teresa Rozo, 1995. "ABC of Literature in Great Caldas" by Adel López Gómez. "Current Poetry of Caldas" from the Caldas Culture Institute, and "Who is Who in Colombian Poetry" by Rogelio Echevarría. Published Books: "Poems of rain and snow". "This is my body Love". "The Silence of the Dogs", chronicle. "The man who bought his own death", novel. Read More Read Less