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Which writer, best known for her epistolary short story 'Cartucho' (1931), narrated her childhood memories of the revolution from the perspective of a young girl witnessing the violence in northern Durango?

Answer: Nellie Campobello — Nellie Campobello was one of the few women to write directly about the revolution, and 'Cartucho' is considered a precursor to the testimonial genre in Latin American literature.

Nellie Campobello was one of the few women to write directly about the revolution, and 'Cartucho' is considered a precursor to the testimonial genre in Latin American literature.

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