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Olga Nolla was very involved in the fight for women's civil rights in Puerto Rico. For Olga, women's right to liberty was part of the search for the truth. Due to her beliefs, she was victim of derogatory comments from public personalities in Puerto Rico who believed her literary work to be too
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together with her cousin, Rosario Ferré. She obtained a
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El caballero del yip
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while she slept. She was buried at
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Publican novela póstuma de la escritora puertorriqueña Olga Nolla
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Dafne en el mes de marzo (1989) ("Daphne in the month of March")
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El castillo de la memoria (1996) ("Castle of the memory")
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Dulce hombre prohibido (1994) ("Sweet forbidden man")
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El ojo de la tormenta (1976) ("The eye of the storm")
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