National Hispanic Heritage Month began September 15 and ends October 15. The observation grew out of Hispanic Heritage Week, as designated by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. President Ronald Reagan expanded it in 1988 to cover the present dates. The time span starts with the anniversary of independence for the Latin American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. That is followed by the Independance Day of Mexico, ‘September 16, and Chile, September 18. Near the end of the observance, October 12 is also Columbus Day or Día de la Raza (“day of the race” or Hispanic day).
Diversebooks.net offers many resources for educators and other professionals to encourage meaningful discussions on issues and events related to Hispanic culture, history and contribution.
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Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez, edited by Gene H. Bell-Villada, $19.80, (List Price: $22), University of Mississippi Press, November 2005, ISBN: 9781578067848, pp. 224.
Gabriel García Márquez sold tens of millions of copies worldwide of his masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitudes and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. In this collection of interviews, some translated into English for the first time, he speaks candidly about his youth, his inspirations, his writing and his fame.
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