Diálogo Interamericano premia en la OEA a Marie Arana

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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).

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LatinoLand: Media & Appearances

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Here are the media, press, appearances, reviews and book tour dates for Marie Arana’s LatinonLand.

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Marie Arana to receive prestigious Inter-American Dialogue Leadership Award

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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). 

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LatinoLand: America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority

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The new sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority.

Marie’s new book is available now »

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LatinoLand: Marie Arana introduces her new book

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Latinos are our largest, oldest, most undercounted, fastest growing, and least understood communities. Prizewinning Marie Arana explains what they have meant to America and introduces her new book, LatinoLand.

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“Best Audiobooks About Latino Identity To Listen To”

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Marie Arana’s work features heavily on this Audible audio books feature. Both the English and Spanish editions of Bolívar as well as Silver, Sword and Stone are celebrated as works that “find authors from the land of your ancestors and learn why reclaiming Latino heritage has become so popular worldwide”

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Bolívar by Marie Arana: Esquire’s Best Biographies of All Time

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“…Marie Arana deftly chronicles his epic life with propulsive prose, including a killer first sentence: “They heard him before they saw him: the sound of hooves striking the earth, steady as a heartbeat, urgent as a revolution.””

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Marie Arana Talks Silver, Sword, and Stone

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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.

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‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand

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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)

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Previous Tour: Silver Sword and Stone

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Dates and locations for the previous tour for Silver, Sword, and Stone.

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