 | The Modern Language Association of America announced its fifteenth annual Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding book published in English in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and culture, awarding Honorable Mention to Francie Cate-Arries' Spanish Culture behind Barbed Wire: Memory and Representation of the French Concentration Camps, 1939-1945. The committee's citation for Cate-Arries's book reads:
" A remarkable research project on an important and neglected topic, Francie Cate-Arries's book makes public the record of Spanish refugees who had crossed the border following the Civil War, only to find themselves interned in concentration camps during World War II. It is impressive as a historical document, but it is also the work of a sensitive, analytical, and theoretically informed reader of literature. The combination of these elements and the diverse gifts of the author make the study spellbinding and moving, in short, an impeccable work of scholarship. Its historical and literary gap-filling merits close attention and acclaim."
Francie Cate-Arries is professor of Hispanic studies at the College of William and Mary. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MA from the University of Georgia. Cate-Arries has won two awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship from the College of William and Mary, the Phi Beta Kappa Award for the Advancement of Scholarship, and an Alumni Fellowship for excellence in Teaching. She is also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, among other grants and fellowships. |
