Author for children Alma Flor Ada

Alma Flor Ada

Living place: Cuba

Birthday: 3-1-1938 (86 years old)

Global rank: #52585

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Who is Author for children Alma Flor Ada?
Famous for her works of children's literature in both her Spanish and English languages, Ada has written award-winning books such as Under the Royal Palms; Gold Coins; and collect the Sun. She also published a memoir entitled Vivir en Dos idiomas, as well as several adult novels.
She teaches at both the University of San Francisco and Emory University.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After graduating from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, she received a doctorate from the Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru. In addition, she attended Harvard University on a Fulbright scholarship.

Family life info

She was born and raised in Cuba; She later settled in Northern California with four children. With her son Gabriel Zubizarreta, she co-wrote the books Love, Amalia and Dancing Home.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Alma Flor Ada?
She translated into Spanish a number of works by young adult co-author Judy Blume.

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When was Author for children Alma Flor Ada born?
Alma Flor Ada birthday 3-1-1938 (at the age of 86).
Where is Author for children Alma Flor Ada's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Alma Flor Ada was born in . is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Alma Flor Ada's global rank is 52585 and whose rank is 159 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1938 and 3-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Alma Flor Ada

  • Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
  • Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
  • Nazis destroy Jewish shops, homes, synagogues in Kristallnacht riots; 20,000-30,000 sent to concentration camps.
  • First oil strike in Kuwait transforms the emirate's economy.

Birthday Alma Flor Ada (3-1) in history

  • Day 3-1 year 1521: German theologian Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X and expelled from the Catholic Church.
  • Day 3-1 year 1777: General George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.
  • Day 3-1 year 1833: Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.
  • Day 3-1 year 1870: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
  • Day 3-1 year 1920: The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
  • Day 3-1 year 1947: Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
  • Day 3-1 year 1958: Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.
  • Day 3-1 year 1959: Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
  • Day 3-1 year 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
  • Day 3-1 year 1967: Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
  • Day 3-1 year 1987: Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • Day 3-1 year 1990: Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.
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