portrayed a binary, final death consistent with Western tradition. In "Vida-Garfio" and "Carne Inmortal", however, Ibarbourou describes her dead body giving rise to plant life, allowing her to live on. In "Rebelde", one of Ibarbourou's most richly constructed poems, Ibarbourou details a confrontation between herself and Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx. Surrounded by wailing souls on the boat passage to the underworld, Ibarbourou defiantly refuses to lament her fate, acting as cheerfully as a sparrow. Although Ibarbourou does not escape her fate, she wins a moral victory against the forces of death. Like most poets, Ibarbourou nursed an intense fear of death. Though it is easy to surmise this from her poetry, she states so explicitly in the first line of "Carne Inmortal." Example of her poetry "RECONQUISTA" (Reconquest) No sé de donde regresó el anhelo De volver a cantar como en el tiempo en que tenía entre mi puño el cielo Y con una perla azul el pensamiento. De una enlutada nube, la centella, Súbito pez, hendió la noche cálida Y en mí se abrió de nuevo la crisálida Del verso alado y su bruñida estrella. Ahora ya es el hino centelleante Que alza hasta Dios la ofrenda poderosa De su bruñida lanza de diamante. Unidad de la luz sobre la rosa. Y otra vez la conquista alucinante De la eterna poesía victoriosa. -Montevideo, 1960 Mi pequeño regalo de Pascuas para Nimia Vicens Madrazo, en su espléndido San Juan de Puerto Rico. Afectuosamente. -Juana de Ibarbourou Published works Lenguas de diamante (1919) Raiz salvaje (1920) La rosa de los vientos (1930) Oro y tormenta (1956), biblical themes reflect her preoccupation with suffering and death. Chico Carlo (1944) contains her memoirs. Obras Completas (3rd ed. 1968). Awards and honors Medal of Public Instruction of Venezuela (1927) Consecrated "Juana de América" in the Salon of the Lost Steps of the Legislative Palace of Montevideo (1929) Gold Medal of Francisco Pizarro (Peru, 1935) Order of the Condor of the Andes (Bolivia, 1937) Order of the Sun (Peru, 1938) President of the PEN Club of Uruguay (1941) Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil, 1945) (Ordem do Cruzeiro do Sul) Cross of the Commander of the Grand Humanitarian Prize of Belgium (1946) National Academy of Letters (Uruguay, 1947) Gold Medal from the Ministry of Public Instruction (Uruguay, 1948) Carlos Manuel Céspedes Order (Cuba, 1951) Named "Woman of the Americas" by the American