| 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]
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.