¿Quién Es Lin-Manuel Miranda? (Who Is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Spanish Edition) - (¿quién Fue?) by Elijah Rey-David Matos & Who Hq (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Lin-Manuel Miranda, nacido en Nueva York de padres puertorriqueños, fue un apasionado de las artes y la creatividad desde muy temprana edad. Se involucró en el teatro desde niño y escribió su primer musical de Broadway, In the Heights, mientras estaba aún en la universidad. ¡Ese espectáculo le valió su primer premio Tony al mejor musical! Luego creó y protagonizó el querido musical Hamilton sobre la vida de Alexander Hamilton. Escritor incansable, Lin-Manuel contribuyó a la música de otros proyectos importantes, como Moana, Encanto, Star Wars y The Little Mermaid. Ha ganado un premio Pulitzer, cinco premios Grammy, tres premios Tony y dos premios Emmy hasta la fecha en su exitosa carrera como compositor, letrista, actor y director.

Step into the spotlight with Lin-Manuel Miranda in this addition to the New York Times #1 Best-Selling series that explains how the Broadway legend got his start before Hamilton and Encanto! Now in Spanish!

Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Lin-Manuel Miranda had a passion for the arts and creativity from a young age. He participated in theater as a child and wrote his first Broadway musical, In the Heights, while he was still in college. That show won him his first Tony Award for Best Musical! He went on to create and star in the beloved musical Hamilton about the life of Alexander Hamilton. A nonstop writer, Lin-Manuel contributed music for other major projects such as Moana, Encanto, Star Wars, and The Little Mermaid. He has won a Pulitzer prize, five Grammy awards, three Tony Awards, and two Emmy awards so far in his successful career as a composer, lyricist, actor, and director.

About the Author

Elijah Rey-David Matos is a creative writer and a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. His work aims to highlight underrepresented authors and tell a few of his own stories along the way.

Yanitzia Canetti es escritora, traductora y consultora literaria para las principales editoriales del mundo y es experta en el mercado comercial y educativo. Ha publicado más de 500 libros, la mayoría para niños. En 2011, fue elegida por la revista People como una de las «25 mujeres hispanas más poderosas del mundo». Reside en Massachusetts con sus hijos Ares y Eros.

Yanitzia Canetti is the head of Brickhouse Learning. Yanitzia works as a literary consultant, writer, and translator across all major publishing houses. An expert in both the trade and educational markets, she has published over five hundred books in Spanish. In 2011, she was selected by People magazine as one of the 25 Most Powerful Hispanic Women of the World.