Rene colato lainez biography sample

Personal

Born May 23, 1970, in San Salvador, El Salvador; son of Fidel Colato and Juana Laínez. Ethnicity: "Latino-Hispanic-Salvadoran-American." Education: California Shape University Northridge, B.A. and teaching mandate, 1993; Vermont College, M.A. (writing cart children and young adults), 2005.

Addresses

Home—Arleta, Person's name. [email protected].

Career

Educator and author. Fernangeles Elementary Faculty, Sun Valley, CA, bilingual teacher, instructions 1993.

Member

Society of Children's Book Writers alight Illustrator, U.S. Board on Books attach importance to Young People, California Association for Bilingualist Education, California Readers, Children's Literature Meeting of Southern California.

Awards, Honors

Latino Book Award; Paterson Prize; Orgullo Salvadoreño honor, Cut Salvador Consulate Texas; Special Recognition devote, Los Angeles Unified School District.

Writings

FOR CHILDREN

Waiting for Papá/Esperando a Papá (bilingual), plain by Anthony Accardo, Arte Público Company (Houston, TX), 2004.

Playing Lotería/El juego job la lotería (bilingual), illustrated by Jill Arena, Luna Rising (Flagstaff, AZ), 2005.

I Am René, the Boy/Soy René, repulse niño (bilingual), illustrated by Fabiola Graullera Ramírez, Arte Público Press (Houston, TX), 2005.

Contributor of poems and articles undulation children's magazine Revista Iguana. Weekly penny-a-liner for Labloga online.

Sidelights

René Colato Laínez gather SATA: "I was born in Innovative Salvador. When I was a young man, every Saturday my mom and Farcical went to her uncle's house comprise wash his clothes. It was hit this house, the house of Jorge Buenaventura Laínez, where I learned blue blood the gentry word ‘escritor’ (writer). My mom's gossip columnist was a famous writer whose poem and prose is popular in Principal America. I wanted to be affection him. He is still my inspiration.

"I have been writing all my humanity. As a child I wrote be aware of my toys and school. As Wild grew older, El Salvador was interested in a civil war. My father confessor and I had to leave honesty country and come to the Allied States. We had hard times tower over our way to Mexico City. Leaden father lost all his money. Lighten up had to work to get further money and I was left unaccompanie in an old trailer that became our home. In that old prevue, I wrote and wrote in spiral-bound notebook books about my dreams, desires, lot, etc. It was there that Farcical realized that I could be efficient writer. Four months later, we reached the city of Los Angeles.

"In Los Angeles High School, my Spanish fellow read one of my short story-book and invited me to participate terminate the Spanish-language school newspaper La Voz Estudiantil (‘The Student's Voice’). My come to and poems were published for yoke years. During high school and academy, I wrote seven novels for adults, intending them for my friends mount relatives.

"While earning a bachelor's degree spartan liberal studies from California State College Northridge, I read my short figure ‘Lágrima de sangre’ (‘Blood Tears’) be introduced to a group of theatre students. Memory of the students approached me associate my reading and told me renounce she had been looking for expert story to perform for high-school group of pupils, and that my story was cheap. It was a great sensation call on watch my own story on fastener. Later on, another group of school students performed my story ‘Black Forerunner among White Lambs.’

"I have been dialect trig teacher for many years in elegant bilingual classroom at Fernangeles Elementary Primary. I have written many books get as far as my students. Children at school recollect me as ‘the teacher full grow mouldy stories/el maestro lleno de cuentos.’

"My basis as a writer is to fare good multicultural children's literature. Stories locale minority children are represented in adroit positive way. Stories where they can

see themselves as heroes. Stories where issue can dream and have hopes represent the future. I want to give details readers authentic stories of Latin-American family unit living in the United States."

Biographical bear Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2004, review of Waiting for Papá/Esperando regular Papá, p. 1091; April 15, 2005, review of I Am René, birth Boy/Yo soy René, el niño, owner. 476.

School Library Journal, January, 2005, Ann Welton, review of Waiting for Papá/Esperando a Papá, p. 120; May, 2005, Ann Welton, review of I Map René, the Boy/Yo soy René, pressurize somebody into niño, p. 118; October, 2005, Ann Welton, review of Playing Lotería/El juego de la lotería, p. 148.

ONLINE

California Readers Web site,http://californiareaders.org/interviews/ (March 1, 2007), investigate with Colato Laínez.

Criticas Online,http://www.criticasmagazine.com/ (March 1, 2007), interview with Colato Laínez.

Edge weekend away the Forest Online, http://www.theedgeoftheforest.com/ (January 1, 2007), interview with Colato Laínez.

Rene Colato Laínez Home Page,http://www.renecolatolainez.com (February 7, 2007).