5/20/2023 0 Comments La torre del sol by Natalia Doñate![]() ![]() ![]() Toledo Paz has also collaborated with her father, Francisco, to create children's stories, such as Light Foot/Pies ligeros (2007). Toledo Paz enjoys using the Zapotec language because she feels that it has "a great aesthetic sensibility for creating images and beauty." Her writing, along with other writers' use of the Zapotec language in their work, has helped boost demand in Mexico to make indigenous cultures more visible. Toledo Paz's writing has been concerned with women and their relationship to the environment. ![]() Toledo Paz studied in Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán and Sociedad General de Escritores de México (the General Society of Writers of Mexico, SOGEM). Toledo Paz has been writing since she was young. Until she was seven and moved to Mexico City, Toledo Paz lived in a community where Zapotec was the main language spoken. She is daughter of the painter Francisco Toledo and sister of Dr Lakra. Toledo Paz was born in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca. Ida Kozlowska-Day states that Toledo is "one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native languages of Mexico." Early life and education Her work helped to revive interest in the Zapotec language. Natalia Toledo Paz (born 1968) is a Mexican poet who writes in Spanish and Zapotec. ![]()
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