Marie Arana
Author, Commentator, Inaugural Literary Director at the Library of Congress
- Role
- Author at Simon & Schuster
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marie Arana
Author, journalist, commentator, speaker-with an emphasis on books, world literature, U.S. publishing industry, book reviewing, literary criticism, journalism, sociolinguistics, Latin American culture and history, Latino identity. Finalist for the National Book Award. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for nonfiction. American Library Association Booklist Best Book of the Year. Lifetime award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of books:“LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority”“Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story”\"Bolívar: American Liberator\"\"American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood\"\"Cellophane: A Novel\"\"Lima Nights: A Novel\"\"The Writing Life: How Authors Think and Work\"Introductions to books:\"Through the Eyes of the Condor\"\"Stone Offerings: Machu Picchu\"\"Off the Page\"Organizer:America’s Book Club (C-SPAN)Library of Congress Literary InitiativesNational Book FestivalKennedy Center Americartes FestivalWIT Festival: Words, Ideas, and ThinkersThe Washington Post Book ClubNational Book Festival SeriesHay-Adams Author SeriesA Celebration of Mexico, Library of Congress
Experience
Author
Apr 2013 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
Northwestern University
B.A., Russian Language and Literature
1967 — 1971
Yale University in China
Certificate of Scholarship, Mandarin Chinese
1975 — 1977
The University of Hong Kong
M.A., Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
1977 — 1978
Skills
- Hispanic Market
- World History
- Book Reviews
- Chinese Culture
- Non-Fiction
- Journalism
- International Conferences
- Library Programming
- Editing
- Publications
- Literature
- Creative Writing
- Cultural Diplomacy
- Publishing
- Fiction Writing
- Cultural Diversity
- Spanish
- Books
- Literacy
- Translation
- French
- Conference Organization
- Fiction
- International Relations
- Public Speaking
- Russian Literature
- Biography
- University Teaching
- Newspapers
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