Bio


Felix Hugo Noblecilla Purizaga was born in Tumbes, Peru on April 1, 1958, and is a Professor of Natural Sciences, and President of the Environmental Literary Movement, World Union of Poets for Life, through which he has held 12 festivals and 4 world ecopoetry competitions to date. A poet and storyteller, in the field of ecopoetry he has published ‘Space for Tomorrow’, and in prose, ‘Ecofábulas de mi tierra’, ‘Ecological Tales’. In 1990, his ecological story ‘The Hermit Crab’ won first place in the contest organized by the Peruvian Association of Children's and Youth Literature (APLIJ) and in 1995 his ecological story ‘La Caza del Venado’ won second place in a regional competition, ‘Stories in Piura – Peru’. He has participated in literary events in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador, and some of his ecopoems have been published into Bulgarian, English, Italian and Portuguese.



    Translator Bio


    Sara Karina Inga Morán

    Sara Karina Inga Morán was born in Tumbes, Peru, on April 11, 1972. She is a communication and English teacher and a certified public accountant. She studied English at the Peruvian North American Cultural Center in the city of Tacna and at the Federico Villarreal National University. She obtained Masters and doctoral degrees in education at the César Vallejo Private University, and is currently a communication specialist at the Regional Directorate of Education of Tumbes.



What are the ecological / social crises within your region / country?


The main environmental problem in my region, Tumbes, is river pollution caused by mining activity and the lack of treatment of solid waste that is discharged directly into its waters. Other problems are deforestation in the forest area managed by the Cerros de Amotape National Park as a result of increasing agriculture. The sea suffers from overfishing and the mangroves have decreased in size due to shrimp farming, Ecoliterature, and within it ecopoetry, is an activity that we are developing with good emphasis in educational institutions.