Emil' Keme receives Casa de las Américas Literary Criticism Prize
ISA is pleased to announce that Emil’ Keme (Romance Studies) is the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Literary Criticism Prize for his book, Le Maya Q’atzij/Our Maya Word. Poetics of Resistance and Emancipation from Iximulew (1960-2012). Casa de las Américas Prize (Premio Literario Casa de las Américas) was established in 1959, and it is one of Latin America’s oldest and most prestigious literary prizes in the region.
ISA joins colleagues at Carolina and in Latin America in extending our warmest congratulations.