by the El Reporero staff and wire services
Jorge ArguetaKnown for his children book authoring, his poetry and his long literary activism in the SF Mission District, Salvadorian-born Jorge Argueta, received the “Best Illustrated Bilingual Children’s Book” award at the International Latino Book Awards Gala held in New York City on May 30.
Argueta, who recently opened his own bookstore on Mission Street with his life companion, Holly Ayala, Luna’s Press, received the award as a recognition to his consistent work in authorship, poetry writing and poetry activism for more than 20 years. The contest attracted writers from 15 different countries.
The award was presented on behalf of Latino Literacy Now in collaboration with Las Comadres para las Americas, and el Instituto Cervantes—foundations that promote education and culture in the Latino community.
His book Guacamole, was the winner of the “Best Illustrated Bilingual Children’s Book” award .
Very cleverly, his children books have been named after traditional Latino dishes, which not only teach children Latino culture, but also the traditional Latino food illustrated within his children stories. Names of his books include: Sopa de frijoles, Tamalitos, Guacamole, Arroz con leche.
The award was presented on behalf of Latino Literacy Now in collaboration with Las Comadres para las Americas, and el Instituto Cervantes—foundations that promote education and culture in the Latino community.
To learn more about Jorge Argueta, visit his website: www.jorgeargueta.com. The Luna’s Press book store is located at 3790 Mission Street.
Robert Rodríguez’ El Rey to create Latino James Bond series
According to Deadline, Robert Rodríguez’s new English-language network El Rey is currently working on a “Latino James Bond-like series” with scriptwriter Roberto Orci.
News of the series follows last month’s announcement that El Rey will be backed by Univision.
Rodríguez and FactoryMade teamed up to create the El Rey network ,and had already announced they would be turning From Dusk Till Dawn into a series when news of the Bond revamp came to light.
The Latino Bond series will likely be a 13-episode series about a soccer star whose lives a secret life as a spy, working for a secret CIA branch.
Writers Orci and Alex Kurtzman have signed on to write, while Rodriguez will write, direct, and produce. Orci is currently writing the script for the pilot. The series reportedly will have a budget of $40 million.
Rodríguez has quite a few projects going, with Machete Kills coming out in September and Sin City: A Dame to Kill for in October.
