On March 12, 2009 (February 16, 2009, the famous Peruvian female poet Blanca Barrera passed away. Blanca Varela is a famous Peruvian female poet. Born in Lima on August 10, 1926, his works have been evaluated as "Ode to the Changes of the Times" for their exquisite and rich expression style and profundity. Representative works include "That Port Does Exist","Light of the Day" and "The End of Everything". Barrera won the Octavio Paz Prize for Poetry and Essay in 2001; In 2006, she won the Lorgar International Poetry Prize, becoming the first female poet to receive this crown; in 2007, she won the Queen Sophia Latin American Poetry Prize of Spain. On March 12, 2009, Barrera passed away in his hometown of Lima at the age of 82. On the 13th, Peruvian media wrote articles one after another to express their condolences for the death of a dazzling superstar in Latin American literary circles. When Peruvian literary magnate and novelist Mario Vargas Llosa was interviewed by the media on the 13th, he was saddened by the loss of Barrera in the Latin American literary world. He said that Barrera's literary attainments are profound and few people can match him. Barrera's literary friend, the late Nobel Prize winner and Mexican poet Octavio Paz, once described her as a "not satisfied with what she has gained, nor is she intoxicated by her wonderful singing voice." Barrera's works have been translated into English, German, Italian, Portugal, Russian and Czech.