Name Humberto Ak'ab'al | Role Poet | |
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Education Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (1995–1995) Books Poems I brought down from the mountain, Kamoyoyik Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Latin America & Caribbean Similar People Miguel Angel Asturias, Luis Cardoza y Aragon, Ana Maria Rodas, Otto Rene Castillo, Erich Hackl | ||
Guatemala humberto ak abal interview excerpt1 jhdiaries
Humberto Ak'ab'al also Ak'abal or Akabal (born 1952 Momostenango, Totonicapán department) is a K'iche' Maya poet from Guatemala. His poetry has been published in French, English, Estonian, Scots, German, Arabic and Italian translations, as well as in the original K'iche' and Spanish. His book Guardián de la caída de agua (or "Guardian of the Waterfall" in English) was named book of the year by Association of Guatemalan Journalists and received their Golden Quetzal award in 1993. In 1995 he received an honorary degree from the Department of Humanities of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. In 2004 he declined to receive the Guatemala National Prize in Literature because it is named for Miguel Ángel Asturias, whom Ak'ab'al accused of encouraging racism. He said Asturias' 1923 essay The Social Problem of the Indian, "Offends the indigenous peoples of Guatemala, of which I am part."
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- Guatemala humberto ak abal interview excerpt1 jhdiaries
- Humberto ak abal at the ullapool book festival 2010
- References
He was the recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Humberto ak abal at the ullapool book festival 2010
