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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist in the Hispanic Division.) This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516), who with his wife, Queen Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504), contributed greatly to the unification of Spain. During their reign (1474-1504) their two kingdoms, Aragon …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Georgette Dorn, Chief of the Hispanic Division.) On Dec. 7, 2016, the Hispanic Division honors the great Chilean writer José Donoso on the 20th anniversary of his death. I recorded Donoso on three different occasions for our Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape — twice at the Library of …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Marília Costa, Researcher in the Hispanic Reading Room, and Talía Guzmán-González, Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Division.) You are probably familiar with the postcard images of Brazilian beaches, the country’s soccer stars, and samba music. Now it’s time to get to know the contemporary literature of one of Latin …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The Following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) Almost half of Hispanic Heritage Month is over, but there are still many exciting programs remaining at the Library of Congress from now until the month-long celebration ends on October 15th. Just like many other institutions in DC and around the country, we …
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, National Hispanic Heritage Month
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(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist, Hispanic Division.) Through 2016 Nicaragua and the Spanish-speaking world have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the death of one of Latin America’s greatest poets, Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, universally known as Rubén Darío (1867-1916). His poetry ushered in a literary movement known as …
Posted in: Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The Following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) As we settle into late summer, the Hispanic Division continues the exciting work of uploading recordings from the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) online. Listen to one of our recent additions! Last September, the AHLOT Online Feature was launched, making a …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Digital Content, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Georgette Dorn, Chief, Hispanic Division.) The world lost one of the great, if not the greatest, translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature into English and thus into the English-speaking world, when Gregory Rabassa passed away at the age of 94 on June 13, 2016 in Branford, CT. Nobel laureate …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Talía Guzmán-González, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) Since 1966 the Library of Congress’ overseas office in Rio de Janeiro has been collecting publications by civic grassroots and political organizations, government agencies and NGOs in an effort to document Brazilian social movements and provide primary resources to researchers. This collection of …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost of an interview conducted by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division. This interview originally appeared as part of the Interview Series of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress.) Juan Gabriel Vásquez was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1973. He is the author of seven novels, including …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, PALABRA Archive