Ana María Rodas

Ana María Rodas
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office September 18, 2015 – January 14, 2016
President	Alejandro Maldonado
Preceded by	Dwight Pezzarossi
Succeeded by	José Luis Chea Urruela
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-12) 12 September 1937 (age 83) Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nationality	Guatemalan
Residence	Guatemala City
Occupation	Writer, Poet, Journalist, Critic, Teacher

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[]

• 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

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