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January 14, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CSU Dominguez Hills Spanish Professor
Honored
at International Conference
(Carson,
CA) – Dr. Juana Arancibia,
an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Foreign
Languages at California
State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), was recently
honored with the Victoria Urbano Prize for Academic Recognition
at the 17th annual conference of the Asociación
Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenia Hispánica
(AILCFH).
The Victoria Urbano Prize is named
in honor of the woman who founded the association in 1974
and is presented to individuals
who seek, as Urbano did during her life, to bring greater
recognition to Hispanic literature, particularly women’s
literature. In addition to establishing the AILCFH, Urbano
also was a writer and poet herself and taught at Lamar University
in Texas. She died in 1984.
“For me it's an honor to have achieved this recognition.
I don't have words to express my feelings of gratitude in
this moment,” Arancibia said in Spanish during her
acceptance speech at the conference.
A part-time Spanish professor at CSUDH for more than 20
years, Arancibia is the founder and president of the Instituto
Literario y Cultural Hispánico (ILCH), a nonprofit
based in Westminster, Calif., whose mission is to unite
the Hispanic world through its literature and culture.
To that end, ILCH annually produces the literary journal
Alba de América, which has been recognized for its
excellence in literary-cultural criticism and literature.
Arancibia serves as its editor. The institute also is the
organizing body of the Simposio Internacional de Literatura,
a literary symposium on Hispanic literature that has been
held all over the world, and six women’s conferences
entitled Mejur y Sociedad en América. In August
2008, the 30th annual symposium will be in Port Alegre,
Brazil. It is being co-sponsored by the CSU Dominguez Hills
foreign language department, which has been a sponsor for
the past 10 years.
“Victoria Urbano was my inspiration when I decided
to found the ILCH in 1979 so I’m doubly thankful,” Arancibia
continued in her acceptance speech. “That inspiration
that I once felt helped me accomplish everything that has
been done in these 28 years.”
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Release en Español
A la doctora Juana Arancibia, profesora
del Departamento de Lenguas Extrajeras de California State
University en Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), se le otorgó el
Premio Victoria Urbano en Sevilla España. Esto sucedió en
la XVII conferencia de la Asociación Internacional
de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH)
en dicha ciudad. El Premio Urbano lleva el nombre
de la escritora costarricense, fundadora de la AILCFH en
1974. Urbano fue poeta y enseñaba
en Lamar University en Texas hasta su fallecimiento en 1984.
El premio se presenta cada año a individuos que con
esfuerzos sobresalientes traen más atención
sobre la literatura española contemporánea,
particularmente la literatura femenil.
“Es para mí un honor haber alcanzado este reconocimiento.
No tengo palabras para expresar mi sentimiento de gratitud
en este momento,” precisó la Dra. Arancibia
en la ceremonia de la entrega del premio.
Profesora en CSUDH por más de 20 años, la
Dra. Arancibia es la fundadora y presidente del Instituto
Literario y Cultural Hispánico (ILCH), cuya misión
es unir el mundo hispánico a través de la literatura
y la cultura hispánica. También es ella editora
de la revista literaria Alba de América, publicada
por el ILCH. Dicha revista de crítica y creación
literario-cultural es reconocida por su excelencia a nivel
internacional.
El ILCH organiza anualmente un Simposio
Internacional de Literatura Española y Latinoamericana, así como
conferencias sobre la Mujer y Sociedad en América.
En agosto 2008 del presente se llevará cabo un simposio
en Porto Alegre, Brasil. El Departamento de Lenguas Extrajeras
de CSUDH copatrocinará este evento destacado.
“Victoria Urbano fue mi inspiración cuando
decidí fundar el ILCH en 1979 de modo que es doble
mi agradecimiento,” continuó la Dra. Arancibia
durante la ceremonia de entrega. “Esa inspiración
que un día sentí me ayudó a llevar a
cabo todo lo que he hecho en estos 28 años.”
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