The Brazilian writer will receive the award on next 27 November, in the framework of the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
Ana María Machado is a woman convinced that reading is a path to the future. From this conviction she has nourished herself to create a artistic work which has been recognised both inside and outside Ibero-America for more than four decades, during which time its narrative, plays, essays, poems and journalistic work have circulated around the world.
His literary work, aimed at children, young people and adults, addresses a wide range of themes and his treatment of them has revolutionised notions of genre, tradition and otherness in the world of literature for children and young people. Social engagement and reflection on literature have been key points in the development of his theoretical writings, and another relevant point of his work is the recreation of Brazilian culture to which his writing gives a universal projection.
Because of the above and because his work is distinguished by “...".“a narrative style that is both simple and complex at the same time, appealing to the reader's intelligence, with a careful, lyrical and entertaining language that recovers the richness of orality.”Ana Maria Machado has deserved, through this Award, recognition of his literary career. The great influence that his texts have had on other writers was highlighted by Evelyn Arizpe, Laura Guerreo, Cristina Taquelim, Victoria Uranga and Jochen Weber, members of the jury of the VIII Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, endowed with 30,000 dollars, which will be awarded during the 26th International Book Fair of Guadalajara.
Machado was born in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1941. A journalist and teacher of letters, she began her literary work in the 1970s, with a style that from the outset emphasised the playful and founding aspect of language. In 1997, he received the Premio Jabuti, He was awarded the Andersen Prize, considered the most important literary prize in Brazil, and in 2000 he won the Andersen Prize, the most prestigious award in children's literature.
Founded in 2005 with the aim of promoting children's and young people's literature in Latin America, the SM Prize is awarded every year by the SM Foundation, the Regional Centre for Book Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC), the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), the Organisation of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (IEO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC-UNESCO), with the collaboration of the FIL Guadalajara. Previous winners have been Juan Farias (2006), Montserrat del Amo y Gili (2007), Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós (2008), María Teresa Andruetto (2009), Laura Devetach (2010) and Agustín Fernández Paz (2011). www.iberoamericanosm-lij.com
Presentation of the 7th SM Ibero-American Award for Children's and Young People's Literature
Tuesday 27 November, 18:00 hours. Hall 2, Expo Guadalajara
