Description: Aqu era el paraso / Here Was Paradise by Humberto Ak'abal, Amelia Lau Carling, Hugh Hazelton, Patricia Aldana Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood - that of the Maya Kiche. Publisher Description A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood - that of the Maya Kiche.Aqu era el paraso/ Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Akabal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya Kiche village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place.Akabal writes about children, and grandfathers, and mothers, and animals, and ghosts, and thwarted love, and fields, and rains, and poetry, and poverty, and death.The poetry was written for adults but can also be read and loved by young people, especially in this collection, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Guatemalan-American illustrator Amelia Lau Carling.Akabal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas. Akabal first composed his poems in Kiche in his mind before writing them down in Spanish.Key Text Featuresforewordbiographical informationpoemstranslationCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. Author Biography HUMBERTO AKABAL was born in the Maya Kiche village Momostenango in Guatemala in 1952. He worked as a blanket weaver (one of the activities for which Momostenango is renowned,) a shepherd, a sweeper, then a garment maker in a maquila in Guatemala City. When he was thirty-eight, he published his first book of poetry. Akabal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas, having written over twenty-five books. He died in January 2019, leaving his widow, Mayulí Bieri, and son Nakil Akabal Bieri.AMELIA LAU CARLING was born and brought up in Guatemala. Her parents store sold the thread used by many Maya weavers in their extraordinary work. She was, therefore, in constant contact with Maya culture and creators from an early age. She is the author-illustrator of the celebrated books Alfombras de Aserrín(Sawdust Carpets) and La tienda de Mamá y Papá (Mama and Papa Have a Store) — winner of the Américas Award and the Pura Belpré Award for Illustration— and the illustrator of numerous other books. Though she now lives in the United States, she returns to Guatemala frequently.HUGH HAZELTON is a Montreal writer and translator. He has written four books of poetry and translated over twenty works of fiction and poetry from Spanish, French and Portuguese into English. His translation of Vétiver, a book of poems by Joël Des Rosiers, won the Governor Generals Award. He is a professor emeritus of Spanish at Concordia University in Montreal and past co-director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. He was awarded the Linda Gaboriau Prize for his work on behalf of literary translation in Canada.PATRICIA ALDANA was born and brought up in Guatemala. She came to Canada as an adult and founded Groundwood Books, of which she was the publisher for thirty-five years. Details ISBN 1773064959 ISBN-13 9781773064956 Title Aqu era el paraso / Here Was Paradise Author Humberto Akabal, Amelia Lau Carling, Hugh Hazelton, Patricia Aldana Format Hardcover Year 2021 Pages 172 Publisher Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada GE_Item_ID:132887588; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. 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Book Title: Aquí Era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise : Selección de Poemas de Humberto Ak'abal / Selected Poems of Humberto Ak'abal
Number of Pages: 172 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Poetry (See Also Stories in Verse), People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)
Publication Year: 2021
Illustrator: Carling, Amelia Lau, Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Poetry
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Humberto Ak'abal
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
