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Jorge Argueta (born in El Salvador and a Pipil Nahua) is a Salvadoran award-winning poet and author of many highly acclaimed bilingual children's books and.
Born in El Salvador, Jorge immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1980.

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While looking for bilingual poetry books I came across A Movie in My Pillow/Una pelicula en mi almohada, written by Jorge Argueta and illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez. I read the introduction and fell in love. I knew this was just the book to help children and their teachers develop empathy for new students struggling to adjust to a new life, language, and culture in a strange and unfamiliar home. Here is how it opens.

I was born near San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. My house stood on the edge of the San Jacinto hill. It was a humble house with dirt floors, no running water, and no electricity. When it rained it was beautiful to hear the drops dancing on the tine roof. All around grew fruit trees. Parakeets and other multicolored birds arrived in the mornings to eat and sing.

Surrounded by all this beauty, I didn't realize how poor most of us were. We were yearning for change, but a few powerful people in our country didn't want change. The result was a bloody civil war. From 1980 to 1990, more than half a million of us fled to the United States. Today, there are fl
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Jorge Argueta
Salavadoran poet
Jorge Argueta (born in El Salvador and a Pipil Nahua)^[1] is a Salvadoran award-winning poet and author of many highly acclaimed bilingual children's books and short stories, covering themes related to Latino culture and traditions, nature, and the immigrant experience. He immigrated to the United States in the 1980s during the Salvadoran Civil War.^[2]
Early life
Argueta grew up in Santo Domingo de Guzmán El Salvador, where his grandmother, an indigenous healer, told him stories from his indigenous heritage and their belief in a human-nature connection, instilling in him great respect for the environment and appreciation for oral tradition.^[2] He spent time in the city helping his parents run a small restaurant as well as in the countryside, helping his grandparents tend to their farm.^[3] He left El Salvador when he was 19 years old due to the ongoing Salvadoran Civil War.^[2]
Career
Argueta has worked as a gardener and in a coffeehouse.^[4] He has written numerous chi
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Argueta, Jorge
Personal
Born in El Salvador; immigrated to United States, 1980; partner of Teresa Kennett (a poet); children: Luna.
Addresses
Home—San Francisco, CA. E-mail—[email protected].
Career
Poet, lecturer, and activist. Worked variously as a gardener and in a coffeehouse.
Awards, Honors
Américas Award, 2001, and Skipping Stones Honor Award and Independent Publishers Book Award, all for A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada; named San Francisco Library laureate, 2002; Américas Award commended designation, 2003, for Xochitl and the Flowers/Xóchitl, la niña de las flores; NAPA Gold Medal, 2006, for Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera; Americas Award commended designation, 2007, and Lion and the Unicorn honor, both for Talking with Mother Earth: Poems/Hablando con Madre Tierra and The Fiesta of the Tortillas/La fiesta de las tortillas; three-time winner of San Francisco Biannual Poetry Award.
Writings
FOR CHILDREN
A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada (bilingual), illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez, Children's Book Press (San