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Giaconda Belli Wins 50th Biblioteca Breve Award
By Jessica Bermúdez - 02/15/2008
Nicaraguan poet Gioconda Belli has been given the 2008 Biblioteca Breve Award for El infinito en la palma de la mano (Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand), her allegory about Adam and Eve in paradise.
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Spain’s Nadal Prize Goes to Casavella
By Aída Bardales - 01/15/2008
The 2008 Premio Nadal, awarded by Ediciones Destino (Grupo Planeta), was presented on Sunday, January 6 to Spanish author and journalist Francisco Casavella (b. 1963) for Lo que sé de vampiros (“What I Know of Vampires”), which takes place during the 18th century when the Jesuits were expelled from Spain.
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Yuyi Morales and Margarita Engle Win 2008 Pura Belpré Awards
By Ximena Diego - 01/15/2008
The Pura Belpré Awards, one of the most prestigious distinctions for Latino/Latina authors and illustrators of children’s books, were presented on January 14 at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.
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Ariel Magnus—Truth Through Humor in Argentina
By Guadalupe Diego - 01/15/2008
Argentine Ariel Magnus won two international literary awards last year: the third Premio La Otra Orilla de Novela for Un chino en bicicleta (Norma, 2007), and later, the Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Breve Juan de Castellanos for Muñecas. He spoke to Críticas about Chinese people, literary prizes, and what it means to be young.
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The Best Children and YA Books of 2007
By Ximena Diego - 01/15/2008
Something magnificent happened in 2007 in the children’s publishing industry. Many Spanish-language translations of American best-sellers were pretty good. Some even outstanding: their texts flow; they are a pleasure to read and a delight to hear.
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Wilmer Urrelo Zárate—Ghosts from the Past
By Carmen Güiraldes - 12/15/2007
The author of several works, Wilmer Urrelo Zárate (b. La Paz, 1975) won his first literary prize, the Premio Nacional de Primera Novela (National Prize for First Novel), at the tender age of 25, for his detective novel Mundo negro (“Black World”).
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Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Automated Systems Librarian, South Texas College; Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint June 28, 2008 Ruében Martínez redux
In case our story a few weeks ago wasn't enough to get all you Anaheim visitors over ... More
Playing the Angel
After making fans wait seven painstaking years, Ruiz Zafón returns with El juego del ángel, a prequel to his global best seller La sombra del viento.
Publishing in Tough Times
When I read a recent New York Times article about how the recession is affecting Hispanic immigrants, I wound up thinking about the book business.
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