Background
Castaneda, Omar Sigfrido was born on September 6, 1954 in Guatemala, Guatemala. Came to the United States 1957. Son of Hector-Neri and Miriam (Mendez) Castaneda.
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Among the Volcanoes
(Isabel Pascay longs to go to school and become a teacher,...)
Isabel Pascay longs to go to school and become a teacher, but her dream just doesn't seem possible in the small Guatemalan village where she lives. The villagers expect Isabel to follow tradition and marry her boyfriend, handsome Lucas Choy. And her mother is ill, but resists Western medicine, relying on a local healer. As the eldest daughter, all the family burdens seem to fall on Isabel. Can she hold on to her dreams for the future and achieve her goal?
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Cunuman
(Book by Castaneda, Omar S.)
Book by Castaneda, Omar S.
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Among the Volcanoes by Castaneda, Omar (1992) Paperback
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- Remembering to Say Mouth or Face (In this award-winning collection of short stories, Guatem...)
- Among the Volcanoes by Omar Castaneda (1992-12-02)
Omar Sigfrido Castaneda
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Bachelor, Indiana University, 1980. Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, 1983.
Career
Associate instructor, Indiana U., Bloomington, Indiana, 1980-1983; foreign expert, Beijing Teachers College, Beijing, Republic China, 1983-1984; visiting assistant professor, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1985-1988; visiting assistant professor, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1989-1990; assistant professor, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1990-1992; associate professor, since 1992.
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Works
book
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Among the Volcanoes
(Isabel Pascay longs to go to school and become a teacher,...)
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Remembering to Say Mouth or Face
( In this award-winning collection of short stories, Guat...)
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Cunuman
(Book by Castaneda, Omar S.)
- Among the Volcanoes by Castaneda, Omar (1992) Paperback
- Among the Volcanoes by Omar Castaneda (1992-12-02)
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Among the Volcanoes
Membership
Sergeant United States Air Force, 1972-1976. Member Modern Language Association, Associated Writing Programs, Society Children's Book Writers.
Interests
Connections
Married Mary L. Slater, July 13, 1972 (divorced December 1978). Children: Omar C., Bleu C. Married Jill C. Jepson, August 11, 1984 (divorced January 1991).
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Nationality
American
Education
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1980
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1983
Career
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1980 - 1983
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1983 - 1984
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1985 - 1988
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1989 - 1990
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Recipient Parents' Choice Honors, 1994, Nilon award for excellence in minority fiction, 1993, Child's Study Book of the Year award, 1992. National Education Association Organizational grantee, 1992-1993, Florida Arts grantee Florida State Division Cultural Affairs, 1988-1989, Fulbright grantee, 1989-1990, Critchfield grantee Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1988. Ernest Hemingway fellow Indiana University, Bloomington, 1980-1981.Recipient Parents' Choice Honors, 1994, Nilon award for excellence in minority fiction, 1993, Child's Study Book of the Year award, 1992. National Education Association Organizational grantee, 1992-1993, Florida Arts grantee Florida State Division Cultural Affairs, 1988-1989, Fulbright grantee, 1989-1990, Critchfield grantee Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1988. Ernest Hemingway fellow Indiana University, Bloomington, 1980-1981.