Ana María Rodas (born 1937 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan journalist and poet, and an outstanding figure of the Central American literary panorama.

Biography

Rodas published her first book of poems in 1973. In 1990, she received an honorable mention from the Juegos Florales Hispanoamericanos, a literary contest. In 2000, she was awarded the Guatemala National Prize in Literature. Her books have been translated into German, English, and Italian. On September 9, 2017, she received the honor of being named Illustrious Person for her contribution to universal literature, recognition granted during the San Carlos University of Guatemala's three-hundredth anniversary.

Selected works