Rosabetty Muñoz
Creció en su ciudad natal, Ancud, y dio los primeros pasos como poetisa en el grupo Chaicura, dirigido por el poeta Mario Contreras Vega. Es titulada de profesora de castellano de la Universidad Austral de Chile.
Publicó su primer poemario, Canto de una oveja del rebaño, en 1981 siendo estudiante universitaria en Valdivia. También en esa ciudad escribirá la mayor parte de su segundo libro, En lugar de morir, que saldrá en 1987. El tercer poemario Hijos (1991) lo redactó, según cuenta, «tras un negro periodo [...], en el que creí haber secado el pozo de mi poesía».
De acuerdo a la descripción que hace Iván Carrasco del discurso etnocultural en la poesía chilena, entre cuyos autores se encuentra Rosabetty Muñoz, en su producción poética se apre
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Hijo de un inmigrante japonés y una campesina de la sierra peruana, recibió la enseñanza básica en su pueblo natal,
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