Maria Eugenia Vasquez Perdomo is currently coordinating an NGO project in conjunction with a UN organization, which serves women forcibly displaced by the armed conflict. The Spanish-language version of this book, published as Escrito para no morir: Bitacora de una militancia, was awarded the Colombian National Prize for Testimonial Literature in 1998. Lorena Terando is Assistant Professor of Translation at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

"My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a fascinating autobiography. Vasquez Perdomo provides an extraordinary insider's account of Latin American youth culture, radical student politics of the 1960s and early 1970s, and the formation of the M-19 guerrilla movement. This is a lively, self-reflective, engaging and humane account of what it meant to be a woman revolutionary in those years. It is a unique, moving document."-Catherine LeGrand, Department of History, McGill University "My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a rare and compelling book. Vasquez Perdomo recounts how a young, middle-class woman became a leader of the M-19, one of the most creative and successful of the Colombian guerrilla movements. She was personally involved in some of the M-19's most audacious actions, including the stealing of Bolivar's sword and the kidnapping of a score of ambassadors to Colombia. I cannot say enough about how successful Vasquez Perdomo is in illuminating the frightfully complex personal and political issues she struggles with."-Charles Bergquist, University of Washington, Seattle "With sweeping narration, the rebel leader recounts her near-death experiences and exhilarating love affairs as she participated in covert operations against the government, providing a fascinating look at what it was like to be a young feminist within a guerrilla movement."-Latina "...gripping... Vasquez Perdomo's work makes a significant contribution to a void in women's testimonial literature in Latin America, describing her personal experiences with the movement's activities so that the reader is moved and informed...the book adds to a collective understanding of Colombia's bloody history and women's position in it."-The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction - Arthur SchmidtPrologue: Memory, the Thread That Weaves Life1. Family Portrait2. Turmoil at the Nacional3. A Criolla Guerrilla4. The Alliance with ANAPO5. The Face Behind the Mask6. Operation Colombia: Weapons for the War7. We Risked It AllPhotograph gallery8. An Army in Deep9. Bars on My Soul10. Singing to the Sun Like a Cricket11. Mortal Wounds12. Reinventing LifeEpilogueChronology of Major M-19 ActionsIndex

Maria Eugenia Vasquez Perdomo is currently coordinating an NGO project in conjunction with a UN organization, which serves women forcibly displaced by the armed conflict. The Spanish-language version of this book, published as Escrito para no morir: Bitacora de una militancia, was awarded the Colombian National Prize for Testimonial Literature in 1998. Lorena Terando is Assistant Professor of Translation at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

"My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a fascinating autobiography. Vasquez Perdomo provides an extraordinary insider's account of Latin American youth culture, radical student politics of the 1960s and early 1970s, and the formation of the M-19 guerrilla movement. This is a lively, self-reflective, engaging and humane account of what it meant to be a woman revolutionary in those years. It is a unique, moving document."-Catherine LeGrand, Department of History, McGill University "My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a rare and compelling book. Vasquez Perdomo recounts how a young, middle-class woman became a leader of the M-19, one of the most creative and successful of the Colombian guerrilla movements. She was personally involved in some of the M-19's most audacious actions, including the stealing of Bolivar's sword and the kidnapping of a score of ambassadors to Colombia. I cannot say enough about how successful Vasquez Perdomo is in illuminating the frightfully complex personal and political issues she struggles with."-Charles Bergquist, University of Washington, Seattle "With sweeping narration, the rebel leader recounts her near-death experiences and exhilarating love affairs as she participated in covert operations against the government, providing a fascinating look at what it was like to be a young feminist within a guerrilla movement."-Latina "...gripping... Vasquez Perdomo's work makes a significant contribution to a void in women's testimonial literature in Latin America, describing her personal experiences with the movement's activities so that the reader is moved and informed...the book adds to a collective understanding of Colombia's bloody history and women's position in it."-The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction - Arthur SchmidtPrologue: Memory, the Thread That Weaves Life1. Family Portrait2. Turmoil at the Nacional3. A Criolla Guerrilla4. The Alliance with ANAPO5. The Face Behind the Mask6. Operation Colombia: Weapons for the War7. We Risked It AllPhotograph gallery8. An Army in Deep9. Bars on My Soul10. Singing to the Sun Like a Cricket11. Mortal Wounds12. Reinventing LifeEpilogueChronology of Major M-19 ActionsIndex

Maria Eugenia Vasquez Perdomo is currently coordinating an NGO project in conjunction with a UN organization, which serves women forcibly displaced by the armed conflict. The Spanish-language version of this book, published as Escrito para no morir: Bitacora de una militancia, was awarded the Colombian National Prize for Testimonial Literature in 1998. Lorena Terando is Assistant Professor of Translation at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

"My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a fascinating autobiography. Vasquez Perdomo provides an extraordinary insider's account of Latin American youth culture, radical student politics of the 1960s and early 1970s, and the formation of the M-19 guerrilla movement. This is a lively, self-reflective, engaging and humane account of what it meant to be a woman revolutionary in those years. It is a unique, moving document."-Catherine LeGrand, Department of History, McGill University "My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary is a rare and compelling book. Vasquez Perdomo recounts how a young, middle-class woman became a leader of the M-19, one of the most creative and successful of the Colombian guerrilla movements. She was personally involved in some of the M-19's most audacious actions, including the stealing of Bolivar's sword and the kidnapping of a score of ambassadors to Colombia. I cannot say enough about how successful Vasquez Perdomo is in illuminating the frightfully complex personal and political issues she struggles with."-Charles Bergquist, University of Washington, Seattle "With sweeping narration, the rebel leader recounts her near-death experiences and exhilarating love affairs as she participated in covert operations against the government, providing a fascinating look at what it was like to be a young feminist within a guerrilla movement."-Latina "...gripping... Vasquez Perdomo's work makes a significant contribution to a void in women's testimonial literature in Latin America, describing her personal experiences with the movement's activities so that the reader is moved and informed...the book adds to a collective understanding of Colombia's bloody history and women's position in it."-The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction - Arthur SchmidtPrologue: Memory, the Thread That Weaves Life1. Family Portrait2. Turmoil at the Nacional3. A Criolla Guerrilla4. The Alliance with ANAPO5. The Face Behind the Mask6. Operation Colombia: Weapons for the War7. We Risked It AllPhotograph gallery8. An Army in Deep9. Bars on My Soul10. Singing to the Sun Like a Cricket11. Mortal Wounds12. Reinventing LifeEpilogueChronology of Major M-19 ActionsIndex