Ana María Rodas (born 1937 in
Guatemala City
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) is a
Guatemalan
journalist
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and
poet
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, and an outstanding figure of the Central American literary panorama.
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
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.
Her books have been translated into
German
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, English, and
Italian
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.
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
* Narrative by Ana María Rodas. Book in Audio Cassette, Ministry of Culture, Guatemala, 1995
* Mariana in the Tigrera, 1996
* The Nun, 2002
References
External links
*http://amediavoz.com/rodas.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060610105155/http://www.literaturaguatemalteca.org/ Guatemalan Literature
*http://amediavoz.com/rodas.htm
Guatemalan women poets
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1937 births
Guatemalan women writers
Guatemalan women journalists
20th-century Guatemalan poets
20th-century women writers
People from Guatemala City
Living people
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