A Collection of Cuba Art by Marinelli

The Latino Literacy Now event in California that every year recognizes over a hundred works written or published by Latino authors from all around the world, has just given an honorary mention to the book entitled “A Collection of Cuban Art” penned by Cuba-based Italian collector Claudio Marinelli. This volume has been translated into Spanish by Lourdes Arencibia Rodriguez and rendered into English by a New York translator.

For the International Latino Book Awards 2011 in the non-fiction B category, Latino Literacy Now assessed the best books on art published in English and the finest bilingual titles –or put out in Spanish- in the course of 2010.

A Collection of Cuban Art was first presented last November at the Villa Manuela Gallery of the UNEAC headquarters in Havana by painter Juan Roberto Diago, translator Arencibia and the author, Claudio Marinelli. The book has also had great acclaim in Colombia, Miami, Venezuela and New York.

The Latino Book Awards were founded in 1999 in an effort to recognize Latino writers living both in the U.S. and Latin America. However, due to their increasing acclaim the number of nominated writers ramped up and they have now reached out to authors from other parts of the globe.

The awards are currently divided in 58 categories and recognize contributions made to the Latino literature with works written in English, Spanish or both languages, in a vast array of genres ranging from children’s books to reference volumes, poetry, stories, essays, critical reviews and biographies.

Marinelli’s book –the only one written in Cuba and awarded in this event- is the second volume put out by the Italian expert on the island nation.