TITLE

From field hand to Nobel laureate

PUB. DATE

October 1992

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;10/26/92, Vol. 113 Issue 16, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that the Nobel committee last week awarded the peace prize to Rigoberta Menchu, 33, for her work as an international activist for the rights of Guatemalan Indians. Menchu won international acclaim for her book `I Rigoberta' in 1983; Her tragic plight trying to flee Guatemala.

ACCESSION #

9210262034

 

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