Vila-Matas, who was described by the judging panel in their unanimous decision as, “an author who has made some of the greatest contributions to renewing European and Latin American literature,” accepted the award on November 28 at the FIL Guadalajara.
The new children's imprint has been launched at FIL 2015 with the aim of reaching nearly 100 million students in Latin America and Spain across 22 countries.
The International Guadalajara Book Fair honors the memory of literary agent Carmen Balcells and Planeta's President Jose Manuel Lara.
Researchers claim the pilgrims weren’t the first to host a banquet in America. More than 50 years earlier, Spanish settlers landed in St. Augustine, Florida where they gave thanks and dined with natives.
Uber has announces that it's now offering San Antonio its Uber Español service, which allows customers to select Spanish-speaking drivers when they're ordering up a ride. The service is available in a handful of cities, including San Diego, Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
According to Jocelyn Safirt, one of the founders of the playschool, Holy Comforter, Harvey R. Newlin Elementary and other groups in the community had been talking about establishing a new playschool in the area for years but decided to open the bilingual school to address a growing need for multicultural and bilingual education in the area.
The Spanish Language Foundation offers scholarship to students and teachers to learn Spanish.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 46 of 2015 (week ending 11/15/2015).
Harlandale's dual immersion program is one of a number of San Antonio bilingual education programs to be praised by Washington think-tank New America. Their latest report, Boomtown Kids, looks specifically at San Antonio as a model for the rest of the country to aspire to.
Hazleton, the city’s first Spanish-language television station is on the air, with its reach extending far beyond the city.
