RUTH BEHAR se otè ki genyen Pri Onè Newbery ak Pri Pura Belpré pou liv Lucky Broken Girl, Letters from Cuba, ak Across So Many Seas (Nancy Paulsen Books). Li te fèt Labanà, li te grandi Nouyòk, epi li te viv nan peyi Espay ak Meksik. Travay li yo gen ladan tou liv ilistre Sèfadik Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey; liv vwayaj ki gen anpil siksè An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba ak Traveling Heavy: A Memoir In Between Journeys; ansanm ak pwezi ak memwa. Li se premye fanm Latina ki te genyen yon “Genius Grant” MacArthur e li resevwa lòt onè tankou yon bous etid John Simon Guggenheim epi yo te nonmen li yon “Gwo Imigran” pa Carnegie Corporation. Li se yon pwofesè antwopoloji nan Inivèsite Michigan, e li abite Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 23 Nov. - 3:00pm
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