Amanda Castro

Amanda Lizet Castro Mitchel, known as Amanda Castro, was a Honduran poet, academic, and activist. She was the author of several poetry collections and works of literary criticism, including Celebración de mujeres, Quizás la sangre, Poemas de amor propio y de propio amor, and Onironautas. After completing graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, she pursued an academic career in the United States while remaining active in Honduran literary and feminist circles. Castro was an advocate for women's rights, labour rights, and LGBT rights, and received the Hoja del Laurel en Oro in 2008.

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