Diálogo Interamericano premia en la OEA a Marie Arana
Marie Arana, autora, crítica y periodista peruano-estadounidense, recibirá el Premio al Liderazgo Distinguido por las Américas por sus Contribuciones a la Literatura y al Entendimiento Interamericano en la IX Gala Anual de los Premios al Liderazgo por las Américas, que se celebrará el 1 de octubre de 2024 en la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA).
Read MoreLatinoLand: Media & Appearances
Here are the media, press, appearances, reviews and book tour dates for Marie Arana’s LatinonLand.
Read MoreMarie Arana to receive prestigious Inter-American Dialogue Leadership Award
Washington, DC – Marie Arana, Peruvian American author, critic, and journalist will receive the Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award for Contributions to Literature and Inter-American Understanding at the IX Annual Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala on October 1, 2024, at the Organization of American States (OAS).
Read MoreMarie Arana Talks Silver, Sword, and Stone
Marie Arana’s Silver, Sword, and Stone takes the readers from pre-Columbian times through the region’s conquest, independence movements, dirty wars, and right down to the present. In doing so, the book explores three driving forces in the region’s history: mining—and particularly mining, violence, and religion through the tales of three contemporary Latin Americans. In this episode, the award-winning author tells AS/COA’s Carin Zissis why she wrote this sweeping history now.
Read More‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand
From the New York Times BY THE BOOK interview. Among other things, the author of “Silver, Sword & Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story” is reading a novel based on a juicy scandal in her own family. Read the full article at NYT (subscription required)
Read MoreVideo: Marie Arana discusses her book Silver, Sword and Stone
Marie Arana on the Three Crucibles of Latin American History. Author and National Book Award finalist, Marie Arana, tells us about her newest book Silver, Sword, and Stone, a powerful narrative about the three enduring forces that have defined Latin America, and its people, since pre-Columbian times.
Read MoreMarie’s TED talk on Bolívar
Watch Marie’s (unedited) TED talk, given at the first TED-South conference in Latin America. The conference was in Rio de Janeiro in a fabulous tent set up on Copacabana Beach. Usually, TED talks are edited to a fine, polished product, and all the uhms, ahs, and slips removed, but here you get to see my…
Read MoreLima Nights se publica en el Perú – Entrevista
La novela “Lima Nights” fue publicada en Lima, Perú y recibió elogios, nombrada por el crítico literario de El Comercio Ricardo González Vigil como una de las mejores novelas peruanas de 2014. Marie fue entrevistada por Clara Elvira Ospina en el programa de Canal N “Tiempo de Leer.” El libro fue traducido del ingles por el escritor peruano Ezio Neyra.
Read MoreLiving Legend Award, Library of Congress
Marie to interview Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Living Legend Award, Monday, April 11, 6:30 p.m. Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (10 First Street, S.E., Washington D.C.) Registration required: Send reservation to [email protected] LIVING LEGEND AWARD, Symposium and Award Ceremony, Monday, April 11, 2016 2:00 pm: Symposium Panel I, The Scholars Speak Rubén…
Read MoreMarie named the Library of Congress’s Chair of Cultures of the South
On October 23, Marie Arana was named the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Chair of the Cultures of the Countries of the South. She will hold this position until June of 2016. Read the Library of Congress’s press release here.
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