Saturday, March 20, 2010

Example Of An Interest Letter

day LIJ

From 23 to 28 February in the city of Santiago de Chile, held the First Latin American Congress on Language and Literature for Children and Youth-CILELIJ-organized by SM Foundation and the Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums (DIBAM) of Chile first of its kind, it is proposed to give an overview of Children's Literature (LIJ) Iberoamericana, both geographically (all English-speaking countries plus Brazil) and historical (past, present and guidance for future).
Within this framework, in addition to conferences, dialogues and exchanges in the world of the LIJ, there were two works of great importance for gender: the first was the Great Dictionary of American Authors of Children's Literature , the second the History of Children's Literature in Latin America.

In the first book, stands for the first time, "who's who of Latin America in the LIJ, walking through each and every one of the countries of English and Portuguese, from the origins of LIJ today. Of each author includes a biography, an analysis of major works and news from the rest, and a critical assessment. The work is a collaborative effort of a group of experts from all countries LIJ Latin America, coordinated by Jaime Garcia Padrino, Professor of Language Teaching at the University Complutense of Madrid.



The second work, includes a vast research on the history of Latin American LIJ from the prehispanic world to date. The material gathered has been ordered from Mexico to Patagonia, passing by all the countries of Central America, the Caribbean and South America, including Brazil. This work was reallizado by the writer Manuel Peña Muñoz of Chile.

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The Great Dictionary American Authors of Children's Literature , I was left to me, developing the bio-bibliographical and critical files of the authors of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, where he also had the valuable collaboration of writer and historian Carlos Salvador Cañas-Dinarte and Luis Baez de Nicaragua.

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