A book on the life of Angelita Trujillo to be published
The book promises to be another controversial book about "El Jefe"
SANTO DOMINGO. The unpublished work on Angelita Trujillo is in the last phases of printing. The book will be about the life and government of her father, the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.
The source that informed Diario Libre regarding this scoop said that the release date has been set for 15 January 2010. The source did not discard the possibility that the book might go on sale before Christmas in order to take advantage of the Christmas shopping season.
The book launch will occur simultaneously in Miami, Florida and Santo Domingo. The ceremony will feature the presence of Ms. Trujillo, and be transmitted by a teleconference to the act in Santo Domingo.
The source was very explicit in pointing out that this is an academic work of more than 600 pages with dozens of photographs never before published of the Trujillo family.
Of all of the survivors of the Trujillo family, his widow, Maria Martinez, and his brother Hector, never gave the press an interview. Angelita, who had long talks with her mother, gathers these memories and these first hand impressions regarding the regime and its personages.
Although the source reported that the book tries to keep a non-confrontational profile, "there are some very tough chapters".
Maria de los Angeles Trujillo Martinez (Angelita), was born in Paris on 10 June 1939. The outbreak of the Second World War forced Trujillo to return by ship with his newly born daughter to the Dominican Republic.
In order for her to get a better education, Trujillo created the Colegio Santo Domingo, staffed by some Canadian nuns and during the Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre (the Free World Fair of Peace and Brotherhood), Angelita was "elected" queen. Her costly gown and ermine cape in a tropical country cause the most varied comments.
Angelita was the wife of Luis Jose Leon Estevez and Luis Jose Dominguez Rodriguez, both colonels in the Dominican Air Force. With her first husband, a native of Canca, Tamboril, he had Luis Jose, Rafael Leonidas, and Marial de los Angeles Leon Trujillo.
With her second husband, a native of Gurabo, Santiago, she had Maria Mercedes, Luis Jose Ramfis, Maria Laura and Maria Julia Dominguez Trujillo.
Ms. Trujillo lives in Miami, Florida.
The granddaughter
Many books on Trujillo and his dictatorship have brought controversy. The "Fiesta del Chivo" (The Feast of the Goat) by Mario Vargas Llosa unleashed a wave of criticisms in the country, in spite of which it became a best seller on the international market.
The latest affaire was the publication and later the award of the National Literary Prize for the book "A la sombra de mi abuelo" (In the shadow of my grandfather), by Aida Trujillo, the daughter of Ramfis Trujillo and therefore one of El Jefe's granddaughters. The controversy unleashed by the literary prize blocked the award from being given to Mrs. Trujillo.
The source that informed Diario Libre regarding this scoop said that the release date has been set for 15 January 2010. The source did not discard the possibility that the book might go on sale before Christmas in order to take advantage of the Christmas shopping season.
The book launch will occur simultaneously in Miami, Florida and Santo Domingo. The ceremony will feature the presence of Ms. Trujillo, and be transmitted by a teleconference to the act in Santo Domingo.
The source was very explicit in pointing out that this is an academic work of more than 600 pages with dozens of photographs never before published of the Trujillo family.
Of all of the survivors of the Trujillo family, his widow, Maria Martinez, and his brother Hector, never gave the press an interview. Angelita, who had long talks with her mother, gathers these memories and these first hand impressions regarding the regime and its personages.
Although the source reported that the book tries to keep a non-confrontational profile, "there are some very tough chapters".
Maria de los Angeles Trujillo Martinez (Angelita), was born in Paris on 10 June 1939. The outbreak of the Second World War forced Trujillo to return by ship with his newly born daughter to the Dominican Republic.
In order for her to get a better education, Trujillo created the Colegio Santo Domingo, staffed by some Canadian nuns and during the Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre (the Free World Fair of Peace and Brotherhood), Angelita was "elected" queen. Her costly gown and ermine cape in a tropical country cause the most varied comments.
Angelita was the wife of Luis Jose Leon Estevez and Luis Jose Dominguez Rodriguez, both colonels in the Dominican Air Force. With her first husband, a native of Canca, Tamboril, he had Luis Jose, Rafael Leonidas, and Marial de los Angeles Leon Trujillo.
With her second husband, a native of Gurabo, Santiago, she had Maria Mercedes, Luis Jose Ramfis, Maria Laura and Maria Julia Dominguez Trujillo.
Ms. Trujillo lives in Miami, Florida.
The granddaughter
Many books on Trujillo and his dictatorship have brought controversy. The "Fiesta del Chivo" (The Feast of the Goat) by Mario Vargas Llosa unleashed a wave of criticisms in the country, in spite of which it became a best seller on the international market.
The latest affaire was the publication and later the award of the National Literary Prize for the book "A la sombra de mi abuelo" (In the shadow of my grandfather), by Aida Trujillo, the daughter of Ramfis Trujillo and therefore one of El Jefe's granddaughters. The controversy unleashed by the literary prize blocked the award from being given to Mrs. Trujillo.
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