Pura Belpré Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2015) Winner
Marjorie Agosín
マルホリエ・アゴシン
Marjorie Agosín
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955-06-15 （Bethesda, Maryland）
- Died
- 2025-03-10 （Wellesley, Massachusetts） age 69
- Nationality
- Chilean, American
- Languages
- Spanish, English, Yiddish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Santiago, Chile → El Quisco, Chile → Athens, Georgia, USA → Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1980-2025
- Affiliations
- Wellesley College
- Influenced By
- Pablo Neruda
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | Latin American Literature | PhD | — | United States |
Indiana University Bloomington
Latin American Literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gabriela Mistral Medal of Honor | — | — | Chilean Government | 受賞 |
| — | Belpré Medal | — | — | American Library Association | 受賞 |
| — | Peabody Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Letras de Oro | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Latino Literary Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | United Nations Leadership Award in Human Rights | — | — | United Nations | 受賞 |
Gabriela Mistral Medal of Honor
2000
Organization:
Chilean Government
Result:
受賞
Belpré Medal
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
受賞
Peabody Award
Result:
受賞
Letras de Oro
Result:
受賞
Latino Literary Prize
Result:
受賞
United Nations Leadership Award in Human Rights
Organization:
United Nations
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
2014 Children's LiteratureStory of a girl in Chile.
Human RightsWomen's Rights
Secrets in the Sand: The Young Women of Juárez
2006 PoetryAbout the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez.
Women's RightsViolence
The Light of Desire / La Luz del Deseo
2010 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Conchali
- Brujas Y Algo Más: Witches and Other Things
- Violeta Parra: santa de pura greda
- La Felicidad
- Sargazo
- La Alfareras
- Tapestries of hope, threads of love
- A Woman's Gaze: Latin American Women Artists
- The Alphabet in My Hands: A Writing Life
- Always from Somewhere Else
- Women, gender, and human rights
- Secrets in the Sand: The Young Women of Juárez
- The Light of Desire / La Luz del Deseo
- I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic expression in SpanishJewish immigrant perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- Women's RightsHuman RightsChilean CultureJewish Heritage
Legacy
Chilean-American writer known for advocacy of women's rights and human rights in Chile. Authored over 80 books.
Trivia
- Pablo Neruda was an occasional guest at her family's summer house.
- Began writing poetry in Spanish at age ten.