Writing Children's Stories for Beginners

Fanuel Hanán Díaz graduated with a Batchelor of Arts in Social Communication from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela and headed up the Department of Selection of Children's Books at Venezuela's Banco del Libro in Caracas. He has participated as a judge for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the BolognaRagazzi Award, and the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB). He has been recognized with the National Children's Literature Award (Venezuela), the Tatoulou Award (France), and the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award (USA). Several of his books have also been included in the IBBY Honour List, the White Ravens recommendation list, and the Programa SEP.

Over the last few years, he has gained extensive experience as an editor and university professor, as well as held the director's position at Barataria magazine, which specializes in Latin-American Children's Literature and the development of investigative projects such as Independent Scholar.