Ana María Rodas (born 1937 in

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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

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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 Guatemalan journalists 1937 births Guatemalan women writers Guatemalan women journalists 20th-century Guatemalan poets 20th-century women writers Writers from Guatemala City Living people {{Guatemala-poet-stub Culture ministers of Guatemala Sports ministers of Guatemala