![]() Menchú eloquently delineates the conflicts between ladinos and Indians, landowners and peasants, the government and the resistance, men and women, and change and tradition. Supporters have insisted that the verisimilitude of her story extends from the commonality of her experience with that of other Guatemalan peasants, in fact, most Guatemalan peasants. Critics alleged that parts of Menchú's story were exaggerated or untrue, some even pursuing years of fieldwork to prove their allegations. ![]() Mench, of the Quich Maya group, spent her childhood helping with her family’s agricultural work she also likely worked on coffee plantations. ![]() The voice of the Guatemalan peasants, which had been heretofore silenced by government oppression, illiteracy, and linguistic barriers, was now available to the global public, and Menchú's narrative encompassed the story of oppressed people everywhere. Rigoberta Mench, (born January 9, 1959, Chimel, Guatemala), Guatemalan Indian-rights activist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1992. ![]() ![]() The book imbued her work in organizing the Guatemalan peasantry with added authority and credibility. When Menchú's autobiography was first published in 1984, it catapulted her and her story, describing the exploitation and mistreatment of her people, to the forefront of international attention. Rigoberta Mench TumSpanish: rioeta mentu born 9 January 1959) is a K'iche'Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and 1992 Nobel Peace Prizelaureate. ![]()
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