She was born in New York and raised in the Dominican Republic until age 10 when her father’s involvement in the rebellion against dictator Rafael Trujillo forced her family to flee the country. The award is supported by a grant from the Lawrence A. Sanders Foundation. Alvarez is a poet, novelist and essayist.

Enrique O. Sánchez as illustrator in 1993, 1994, twice in 1996, 1997, and 1999. Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. School of Environment Arts and Society SEAS. When she was just three months old, the Alvarez family returned to their homeland, where they lived on her mother's family compound. [3] Julie Kline, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, served as the committee chair for the first 3 years of the award and then went on to be the award coordinator for many years. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College. As author: Julia Alvarez, Monica Brown, Juan Felipe Herrera, Francisco Jiménez, Lynn Joseph and Pam Muñoz Ryan. Tony Johnston as author in 1994, 1997, 2001, and 2010. Frané Lessac as author and illustrator in 1994, and as illustrator in 1994 and 2013.

Edel Rodríguez as illustrator in 2001, 2010, and twice in 2016. Multiple people's works have won two Américas Awards: As author and illustrator: Yuyi Morales.

[4] Coordination for the award later moved to Latin American Studies centers at Tulane and Vanderbilt Universities. Find stories from the vault at newsarchives.fiu.edu. Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. Also, a new limited series LONG DISTANCE features interviews with authors and their latest book releases.

Alvarez is a poet, novelist and essayist.

During the sixth season of The Archive Project, enjoy recordings from Portland Arts & Lectures events, the Portland Book Festival, and other community events happening right here in Portland, Oregon. One person's works have received three Américas Awards: Duncan Tonatiuh, as author and illustrator in 2015, 2018, and 2019. [5] A full research collection of all winning, honor, and commended titles is kept and maintained by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at the Golda Meir Library.
Beatriz Vidal as illustrator in 1998, 2002, and 2018. [6][7], The award judges will evaluate books based on. Raúl Colón as illustrator in 1997, 2005, 2007-2008, and twice in 2015. A book will only be considered in its first year of publication in the United States.

[1] The award is presented annually at a ceremony at the Library of Congress during Hispanic Heritage Month, along with coordinating workshops for teachers. Kesha Ajose Fisher, Ashley Toliver, & Anis Mojgani, Self-Portrait: Memoir, Auto-Fiction, & History, Reckoning: Memoir of Trauma and Resilience.


Trujillo had them assassinated in 1960. Two people's work has received commendations nine times: Three people's work has received commendations eight times: Two people's work has received commendations seven times: Two people's works have received commendations six times: Four people's works have received commendations five times: Eight people's works have received commendations four times: Twenty people's works have received commendations three times: Multiple people's work has received two commendations: Pedro and Me Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, "Curriculum Collection Book Lists: Américas Collection", "The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Américas_Award&oldid=982629834, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, coordinated by. The FIU Creative Writing Program honored author Julia Alvarez with the 2019 Lawrence A. Sanders Award in Fiction. Maya Christina González as illustrator twice in 1997, and once 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007-2008, and 2009; and as author and illustrator in 2007-2008. As illustrator: Jamel Akib, Renato Alarcão, Andrea Arroyo, Martha Avilés, Claire B. Cotts, Felipe Dávalos, Carla Golembe, This page was last edited on 9 October 2020, at 10:10. She is best known for Yo!