![]() ![]() Iturralde was the founder and director of the children’s magazine La Cometa ('The Kite'), which for fifteen years was published together with the newspaper, Hoy, from Ecuador. Her books have been published in Colombia, Mexico, and Spain and are distributed in the United States, Peru, and Bolivia. Mother of six children, she has dedicated much of her life to writing for children. Iturralde is considered one of the most important and prolific figures of Ecuadorian children and juvenile literature. Iturralde removes the veils from the identity that is unknown or forgotten and projects it to the rest of the world. In an epoch when local and regional histories are being obliterated, and when few people are concerned with the special knowledge that has been preserved by certain local ethnic groups, a voice that weaves together fictional and ingenuous stories, based though they are on serious research, and through such fiction documents and projects such knowledge, is somewhat transcendental in the eyes of many. Iturralde's literature develops within a multicultural, ethnic, and social context. ![]() She visits school children who read her books often. She lives in Quito, Ecuador in the Valley of Tumbaco with her husband and four dogs, who keep her company while she writes. Edna has six children and nine grandchildren. She is a 2014 International Latino Book Awards Finalist. She is considered the most important figure in children and young adult's literature of her country and, with fifty-seven books published, some of them in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, this author has attained significant international recognition. Edna Iturralde Born ( ) (age 70), Nationality Genre and and Spouse Bruce Kernan Children six children Website Edna Iturralde (born 1948) is an author who has won multiple national and international awards. ![]()
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