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Award to Founders of Cinco Puntos Press
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:37:48 -0500
Congratulations to Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd, founders of Cinco Puntos Press! Today's New York Times announced that Bobby and Lee are among the winners of the 2005 Lannon Foundation Cultural Freedom Fellowships. Two of the books published by Cinco Puntos came to mind as soon as I read this news:
"S?lavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope," written and illustrated by Youme Landowne (Picture Book Winner, 2005 Jane Addams Award; and a 2005 ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book); and "?Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can! Janitor Strike In L.A." written by Diana Cohn and illustrated by Francisco Delgado (a 2003 Jane Addams Honor Book). Look for each one, if you're unfamiliar with these unique and important children's books. See the Lannon Foundation website for additional general information http://www.lannan.org/ The press release about the Byrds and Cinco Puntos Press is pasted here (below).
- With appreciation, Ginny Moore Kruse Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd each awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
Lee Merrill Byrd and Bobby Byrd are the founders of Cinco Puntos Press, a publisher of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children?s literature that brings the multicultural literatures of the American Southwest, the U.S./Mexico border region, and Mexico to a national audience. The Byrds started the press in 1985, naming it after their neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Cinco Puntos, or ?Five Points? in Spanish, received the American Book Award for excellence in publishing and was inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. They have received five publishing grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three similar grants from the Texas Commission for the Arts. The Border Regional Library Association, in addition to awarding Southwest Book Awards for three of their books over the last decade, presented Cinco Puntos with a special Southwest Book Award in 1993 for outstanding achievement in bringing national recognition to their regional literature. They have also received two grants from the Fideicomiso para la Cultura de M?xico y Estados Unidos (funded jointly by the Belles Artes and the Rockefeller Foundation). In addition to their work in publishing, the Byrds are authors. Lee Merrill Byrd has written short stories and children?s books, and Bobby Byrd is a poet and essayist.
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 02 Jun 2005 07:37:48 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:37:48 -0500
Congratulations to Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd, founders of Cinco Puntos Press! Today's New York Times announced that Bobby and Lee are among the winners of the 2005 Lannon Foundation Cultural Freedom Fellowships. Two of the books published by Cinco Puntos came to mind as soon as I read this news:
"S?lavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope," written and illustrated by Youme Landowne (Picture Book Winner, 2005 Jane Addams Award; and a 2005 ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book); and "?Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can! Janitor Strike In L.A." written by Diana Cohn and illustrated by Francisco Delgado (a 2003 Jane Addams Honor Book). Look for each one, if you're unfamiliar with these unique and important children's books. See the Lannon Foundation website for additional general information http://www.lannan.org/ The press release about the Byrds and Cinco Puntos Press is pasted here (below).
- With appreciation, Ginny Moore Kruse Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd each awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
Lee Merrill Byrd and Bobby Byrd are the founders of Cinco Puntos Press, a publisher of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children?s literature that brings the multicultural literatures of the American Southwest, the U.S./Mexico border region, and Mexico to a national audience. The Byrds started the press in 1985, naming it after their neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Cinco Puntos, or ?Five Points? in Spanish, received the American Book Award for excellence in publishing and was inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. They have received five publishing grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three similar grants from the Texas Commission for the Arts. The Border Regional Library Association, in addition to awarding Southwest Book Awards for three of their books over the last decade, presented Cinco Puntos with a special Southwest Book Award in 1993 for outstanding achievement in bringing national recognition to their regional literature. They have also received two grants from the Fideicomiso para la Cultura de M?xico y Estados Unidos (funded jointly by the Belles Artes and the Rockefeller Foundation). In addition to their work in publishing, the Byrds are authors. Lee Merrill Byrd has written short stories and children?s books, and Bobby Byrd is a poet and essayist.
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 02 Jun 2005 07:37:48 PM CDT
