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Dominican Novel Soy Campe\u00f3n <\/EM>to be Presented at the New York Book Fair T<\/SPAN>he Alfaguara Juvenile and Santillana Group are sponsoring the presentation of Dinorah Coronado\u2019s most recent novel, \u201cSoy Campe\u00f3n<\/EM><\/STRONG>\u201d at the New York Book Fair. The book is based on the life of Domingo Coronado, long-distance runner and 1928 marathon champion. The book presentation will take place on Saturday October 2 at 5:00 pm during the NY Book Fair under the auspices of the Commission for Dominican Culture in New York. The presentation will take place in the Luis Dias Hall of Boricua College on 155 St. and Broadway in Manhattan. <\/P> Dinorah will read parts of the book and there will also be a viewing of an interview given by Coronado to Luis Mart\u00edn G\u00f3mez last month in Santo Domingo.<\/P> Dinorah will read parts of the book and there will also be a viewing of an interview given by Coronado to Luis Mart\u00edn G\u00f3mez last month in Santo Domingo. The triumph of Domingo Coronado as the first marathon runner in La Vega-Moca, La Vega in 1928 underscores how he became the first internationally-renown Dominican marathon runner. <\/P> Synopsis of the novel<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Many years after his 1928 triumph, Domingo Coronado \u2013father of the author \u2013 sat below an almond tree in his native Jumunuc\u00fa to tell his daughter Nora about his youth and adolescence that led to his famous career. In his narration, he talked about the customs and traditions of his childhood, his schooling, his faith, his family ties as well as how he prepared for the marathon. <\/P> The novel recreates the environment and society of that time in La Vega at the beginning of the 20th century with the historical and technological milestones of those times including the North American occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1916, the arrival of the automobile and electricity and the evocation of the Santo Cerro legend, among others. <\/P> About the author<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Dinorah Coronado <\/STRONG>was born in La Vega and has lived in New York for many years. She is a psychologist, school counselor, poet, novelist and essayist. She founded the Coronado Theater in New York. Ms. Coronado holds a degree in Orientation and School Psychology and a Masters in Popular Culture and School Orientation. She writes for children as well as for adults. In 2010, she received the ACE Prize in New York for her theatrical adaptation of the novel \u201cLa Ma\u00f1osa\u201d by Juan Bosch. This same year, she was recognized as the Cultural Personality of 2009 by the Ministry of Culture which honored her by naming one of the streets in April\u2019s International Book Fair after her. Also in 2010, she won the Children\u2019s Literature Prize from the Society for the Cultural Renovation of Puerto Plata. <\/P> For more information:<\/STRONG> 212-234-8149, the Culture Commission or call the author directly at 914-433-9036. <\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> <\/P> Dominican Novel Soy Campe\u00f3n to be Presented at the New York Book FairNueva York, 10\/05\/2010 The Alfaguara Juvenile and Santillana Group are sponsoring the presentation of Dinorah Coronado\u2019s most recent novel, \u201cSoy Campe\u00f3n\u201d at the New York Book Fair. The book is based on the life of Domingo Coronado, long-distance runner and 1928 marathon champion. … Continue reading “Dominican Novel Soy Campe\u00f3n to be Presented at the New York Book Fair”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/STRONG>Nueva York, 10\/05\/2010<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Among her most recent publications are \u201cRebecca at Bat and Two More Stories.\u201d (Alfaguara, 2007), National Award for Children\u2019s Literature the following year; \u201cJuanito and His Robot\u201d (2007), Barco de Vapor Prize for Children\u2019s Literature; \u201cA la sombra del flamboy\u00e1n\u201d (2008) which received the Ultramar Novel Award. <\/P>
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