Young author Máximo César Castellanos of Georgetown recently received gold and silver medals at the 2024 International Latino Book Awards Ceremony.
Máximo’s book, “Dr. Pren and the Secret of the Formula” won a gold medal in the category of Best Chapter/Young Adult Book Translation Spanish to English. His book, “Dr. Pren y el Guardian del Vórtice,” was chosen as a silver medal winner in the category of Charlie Ericksen Best Book Written by a Youth.
Máximo attended the International Latino Book Awards Ceremony Oct. 19 in Los Angeles. The event celebrates English, Spanish and Portuguese books in all categories: children, youth, adult, nonfiction, fiction, poetry and translation. The ILBA has grown over the last 26 years to become the largest Latino literacy and cultural awards in the U.S. The awards are produced by Empowering Latino Futures, a nonprofit organization co-founded in 1997 by Edward James Olmos and Kirk Whisler. The diversity and quality of the finalists for the 26th Annual International Latino Book Awards reflects the increase in demand for books written by and about Latinos.
Castellanos has now written, illustrated, translated and published 11 books in Spanish and 11 books in English. To visit Máximo’s author page, go to amazon.com/author/maximocesarcastellanos.
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