| Con Una Estrella En La Mano (with a Star in My Hand): Rubén Darío Contributor(s): Engle, Margarita (Author), Romay, Alexis (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1534461256 ISBN-13: 9781534461253 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Young Adult Fiction | Poetry - Young Adult Fiction | Politics & Government |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019055472 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Margarita Engle, la aclamada autora y Poeta Juvenil Laureada del Poetry Foundation, entrega una nueva y hermosa novela en verso acerca de Rub n Dar o, el poeta nicarag ense y h roe popular que inici el movimiento literario del Modernismo en Hispanoam rica. De ni o, a Rub n Dar o le gustaba escuchar a su t o abuelo, un hombre que contaba cuentos exagerados con una poderosa voz de trueno. Rub n aprendi bien pronto la magia de contar cuentos y descubri el embeleso y la belleza del verso. Con su incansable alma rom ntica, Rub n viaj a trav s de Am rica Central y Am rica del Sur en busca de aventura y conexi n. Mientras descubr a nuevos lugares y amores, escrib a poemas para expresar la tormenta salvaje de sentimientos. Pero las formas tradicionales eran muy restrictivas. Comenz a improvisar sus propias formas po ticas para plasmar el mundo entero en sus palabras. A la edad de veinti n a os, public su primer libro, Azul, que anunci un nuevo y vibrante movimiento literario llamado Modernismo que combinaba poes a y prosa y convert a esa mezcla en algo m gico. En sus hermosos poemas, Margarita Engle cuenta la historia de este apasionado joven que revolucion la literatura mundial. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engle, Margarita: - Margarita Engle was the 2017--2019 national Young People's Poet Laureate, and received the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize. She is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, including Soaring Earth; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer, a PEN Literary Award for Young Adult Literature winner. Her verse memoir, Enchanted Air, received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture book Drum Dream Girl received the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Margarita was born in Los Angeles, but developed a deep attachment to her mother's homeland during childhood summers with relatives. She continues to visit Cuba as often as she can. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. |