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Beavercreek author wins award
“America Libre!,” the debut novel by Beavercreek resident Raul Ramos y Sanchez, has won first place in the first-time Books Into Movies Awards sponsored by Latino Literacy Now.
The actor Edward James Olmos, who founded the awards, said they are meant to help change the way the film industry views Latinos.
Ceremonies were held Oct. 9 during the Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival.
“America Libre,” which Cuba native Ramos y Sanchez began writing in 2004, is set in the second decade of the 21st century as the immigration issue reaches crisis proportion with Latino rioting, shootings by revenge-minded Anglo vigilantes and the rise of a political demagogue who passes legislation turning urban barrios into walled “quarantine zones.”
He has also published a sequel, “House Divided.”
“America Libre” took top honors in the Action and Adventure category. Other winners were: “Hungry Woman In Paris,” by Josefina Lopez; “The Heartbreak Pill,” by Anjanette Delgado; “The Case Runner,” by Carlos Cisneros; “There’s A Coqui In My Shoe ,” by Marissa de Jesus Paolicelli; “Across A Hundred Mountains,” by Reyna Grande; “Meant To Be,” by Rutino Lara, and “Day Of The Dead,” by Mary J. Andrade.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges from the movie industry and will be presented to Hollywood studios, producers and agencies as stories to consider for film adaptation.
For more information about the awards and Latino Literacy Now, go to www.lbff.us/.
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By tarment
October 15, 2010 9:52 AM | Link to this
Congratulations! What an honor!
By dena
October 30, 2010 7:09 PM | Link to this
This is so cool :-)