Carmen Quidiello
Carmen Quidiello | |
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Aida Mercedes Batlle | |
Succeeded by | Military Triumvirate |
Personal details | |
Born | Carmen Quidiello Castillo April 29, 1915 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
Died | December 19, 2020 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | (aged 105)
Spouse | Juan Bosch (m. 1943–2001; his death) |
Children | Barbara Patricio |
Alma mater | University of Havana |
Profession | Poet Playwright |
Carmen Quidiello Castillo (April 29, 1915 – December 19, 2020) was a Cuban-born Dominican poet, playwright and social activist. Quidiello served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic in 1963 during the short tenure of her husband, former President and Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) founder, Juan Bosch.[1][2]
Biography
Early life
Quidiello was born on April 29, 1915, in
Quidiello met her future husband, Juan Bosch, in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1941.[1] The couple married in 1943;[1][3] Bosch and Quidiello had two children, Patricio and Bárbara, in addition to Bosch's two other children from his previous marriage.[1]
Career
Quidiello supported the efforts of her husband and other Dominican exiles to remove the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship from power from the 1940s to the 1960s.[1] Both lived in exile during much of this time.
Carmen Quidiello assumed the role of First Lady when her husband became president in February 1963.
Quidiello contributed numerous poems,
She co-founded the Auditorium Cultural Society (la Sociedad Cultural Auditorium) in 1972.[1] She also participated in the International Festival of Theater of Havana.[1] In 1998, Quidiello co-founded the Juan Bosch Foundation, which was tasked with preserving the political and economic ideas of her husband.[3] She served as the foundation's president from 1998 until 2016 and remained its honorary president until her death in 2020.[3]
Quidiello condemned the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, citing parallels she saw between events in Honduras and the 1963 ouster of Bosch in the Dominican Republic.[1] She also called for peace in Venezuela as the political and economic situation deteriorated in that country.[1]
Carmen Quidiello died of natural causes at the age of 105 at her residence on Calle Paseo de Los Locutores in
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Doña Carmen Quidiello y su amor por las causas sociales". Listín Diario. 2020-12-20. Archived from the original on 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ Vicioso, Dolores (2020-12-21). "Doña Carmen Quidiello, Juan Bosch's widow, dies at 105". DR1. Archived from the original on 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ha fallecido, a los 105 años, doña Carmen Quidiello viuda Bosch". Listín Diario. 2020-12-19. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ "Doña Carmen Quidiello, viuda Bosch llega a sus 105 años". Listín Diario. 2020-04-20. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ "Abinader declara día de duelo oficial mañana por muerte de Carmen Quidiello". El Nuevo Diario (Dominican Republic). 2020-12-20. Archived from the original on 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2021-03-02.