Authors
Dora
ALONSO
Matanzas, 1910 - Matanzas, 2001
Genre: Classics , Poetry , Narrative , Children`s , Radio script , Theatre
Considered a pioneer of Children’s literature and a classic of the genre in Latin America. Narrator, poet and journalist. National Prize of Literature in 1988. Her work has been translated into several languages and printed by publishing houses such as Norma and Panamericana (Colombia) Santillana (Puerto Rico) y Alfaguara (Spain).
AWARDS/
1944 National Novel Prize
1961 Casa de las Américas Award for the novel Tierra inerme
1971 First prize at the I Children´s Theater Festival of Vallenar, Chile, for How the top learned to dance
1980 Casa de las Américas Award in the category of works for children and young people with El valle de la Pájara Pinta
1981 Distinction for National Culture
1988 National Literature Prize
1997 José Martí World Prize for Children´s Literature
Martín Colorín, who from so much looking at the sea for years wishes everything around him to be blue, ends up dyeing the dog and the horse with that color; these accompany him with his through a journey full of adventures. Thus, fantastic characters, animals and human beings coexist with the naturality with which a child gives life to his imaginary beings.