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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Talía Guzmán-González, Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Division.) “Escribir no significa convertir lo real en palabras sino hacer que la palabra sea real” Augusto Roa Bastos, Yo el supremo (51) “To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real” …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The Following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) As Women’s History Month comes to a close and National Poetry Month approaches, this moment presents itself as the perfect opportunity to honor the work of women in poetry. For this, we have chosen to highlight three of the most beloved women poets …
Posted in: Digital Content, Hispanic Reading Room, Women's History Month
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(Following is a guest post by Lucinda Grinnell, editorial assistant in the Hispanic Division.) Image discussed: click link to view. “La Emancipación de la Mujer es obra misma de la mujer” (“the emancipation of women is women’s own work”) proclaimed the poster created for International Women’s Day, March 8, 1960. As seen in the image …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Women's History Month
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a guest post by Hernán S. M. De Pinillos, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Maryland.) The American filmmaker Martin Scorsese wrote recently in his autobiography, “Scorsese on Scorsese, “I read ‘Don Quixote’ just before starting ‘Gangs of New York,’ and discovered that everything you might want to do …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist in the Hispanic Division.) Sometimes called the “Angel of Budapest” or the “Spanish Schindler,” Spanish diplomat Ángel Sanz Briz (1910-1980) is credited with having saved as many as 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust, between June and December 1944. Sanz Briz spent a few years …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
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
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(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