Novelist Rigoberta Menchu

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Rigoberta Menchu

Living place: Guatemala

Birthday: 9-1-1959 (65 years old)

Population of the world 1959: 2.997 billions

Global rank: #29015

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Who is Novelist Rigoberta Menchu?
A Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and activist, she worked to raise awareness of the suffering of Guatemalans during the 1960-1996 civil war. Her published works include I, Rigoberta Menchú and Crossing Borders.
In addition to the Nobel Peace Prize, she received the prestigious Order of the Aztec Eagle.

Young / Before famous

She grew up in a poor host family in a small town near El Quiche and attended Catholic boarding school. She later became the president of a pharmaceutical company that provided low-cost drugs.

Family life info

She was born in the north-central Guatemalan village of Laj Chimel. Her father, Vicente Menchu, is of K'iche' descent.

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She received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. Bob Dylan earned the same honor in 2007.

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When was Novelist Rigoberta Menchu born?
Rigoberta Menchu birthday 9-1-1959 (at the age of 65).
Where is Novelist Rigoberta Menchu's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Rigoberta Menchu was born in . Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Rigoberta Menchu's global rank is 29015 and whose rank is 135 in list of famous Novelist. Population of the world in 1959 is about 2.997 billions persons.
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Events in 1959 and 9-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Rigoberta Menchu

  • Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16).
  • Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).
  • Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the United States, meeting with Eisenhower at Camp David.
  • Britain recognizes the independence of Cyprus.

Birthday Rigoberta Menchu (9-1) in history

  • Day 9-1 year 1788: Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the US constitution.
  • Day 9-1 year 1861: Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.
  • Day 9-1 year 1905: The Russian Revolution of 1905 was sparked by troops firing on petitioners to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg.
  • Day 9-1 year 1964: Anti-American rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone.
  • Day 9-1 year 1968: Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon.
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