Ana María Rodas Explained

Birth Date:12 September 1937
Birth Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Office:Minister of Culture and Sports
Term Start:September 18, 2015
Term End:January 14, 2016
President:Alejandro Maldonado
Predecessor:Dwight Pezzarossi
Successor:José Luis Chea Urruela
Occupation:Writer, Poet, Journalist, Critic, Teacher
Genres:Story, Journalism, Essay and Poetry
Residence:Guatemala City

Ana María Rodas (born 1937 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan journalist and poet,[1] [2] and an outstanding figure of the Central American literary panorama.[3]

Biography

Rodas published her first book of poems in 1973. In 1990, she received an honorable mention from the Juegos Florales Hispanoamericanos, a literary contest. In 2000, she was awarded the Guatemala National Prize in Literature.

Her books have been translated into German, English, and Italian.

On September 9, 2017, she received the honor of being named Illustrious Person for her contribution to universal literature, recognition granted during the San Carlos University of Guatemala's three-hundredth anniversary.

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://this.is/poems/hope/list/guatemala/ana.html The Book of Hope & The World Healing Book
  2. http://amediavoz.com/rodas.htm Ana María Rodas
  3. Web site: Ana María Rodas en Literaturaguatemalteca.org . 2019-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020170941/http://www.literaturaguatemalteca.org/Rodas.html . 2018-10-20 . dead .