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Her book, BEST AMIGAS has been named a 2024 Américas Award Commended Title for Young Adult Fiction. The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for ...
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of some of the most important writers from Latin America, organized by cultural region and nationality.
Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas (Santiago, Chile, born September 24, 1975) is a Chilean poet, short-story writer and novelist. He has been recognized for his talent as a young Latin American writer, chosen in 2007 as one of the "Bogotá39" (the best Latin American writers under the age of 39) and in 2010 by Granta as one of the best Spanish-language writers under the age of 35.
The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use."
Latino literature is literature written by people of Latin American ancestry, often but not always in English, most notably by Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Dominican Americans, many of whom were born in the United States. The origin of the term "Latino literature" dates back to the 1960s, during the Chicano Movement ...
Latin American writers sought a Latin American identity, and this would later be closely tied with the Modernismo literary movement. [ 9 ] Male authors mainly dominated colonial literature, with the exception of literary greats such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz , but a shift began in the 19th century that allowed for more female authors to emerge.
Best Books for Young Adults: Top 10 [20] Schneider Family Book Award for Teen Book Winner [21] [22] 2011 The Last Summer of the Death Warriors: Best Books for Young Adults: Top 100 [23] 2017 The Memory of Light: Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: Top 100 [24] Américas Award: Commended Title [8] Best Fiction for Young Adults: Top 100 [25 ...
This is a list of notable writers whose readership is predominantly teenagers or young adults, or adult fiction writers who have published significant works intended for teens/young adults. Examples of the author's more notable works are given here.