Solentiname: Encountering a Myth - Hardcover

by Ana Cristina Henriquez (Author)

SOLENTINAME: Encountering a Myth

2022 ILBA, BEST ART BOOK AWARD

(Bronze Medal)

An award-winning historical photographic coverage by Ana Cristina Henríquez of Nicaraguan poet, Ernesto Cardenal, in the legendary community of Solentiname during the 1970s.

In the 1970s, Ana Cristina Henríquez, a journalism student, undertook a perilous trip from Venezuela to Nicaragua to provide photographic coverage of the Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal. Several decades later, her book, which won the ILBA Award 2022 for BEST ART BOOK (Bronze Medal), offers a historical account of the daily life of this character in the legendary community of Solentiname.