Tag: René Corado

Documentary on life of Oxnard resident biologist and writer René Corado wins awards at Guatemala film festival

by Community Contributor • December 12, 2023 • Comments Off

OXNARD — “El Lustrador (The shoeshine Boy),” a documentary about the life of a long time Oxnard resident biologist and writer René Corado, received the award for Best Guatemalan Short Documentary and an Honorable Mention for best International Direction at the Guatemala at The Festival internacional Academia de Cine Antigua 2023 (International Film Festival Antigua 2023) Dec. 8, 2023.

The documentary was produced and starred the long time Oxnard resident and Guatemalan migrant, biologist and writer René Corado in his native country Guatemala.

“We did it, we won at the Festival, I am super happy!, Corado stated on his social networks shortly after receiving the awards.

Oxnard Biologist and Writer will receive a special tribute in VI International Children’s and Youth Reading Fair in Central America

by Community Contributor • May 21, 2021 • Comments Off

In honor of his philanthropy and support for education, René Corado will receive a special tribute in the VI Feria Internacional de la Lectura Infantil y Juvenil de Centroamérica.

“This show us that dreams came come true if you work for them,” said Corado, a biologist and writer who was born in Guatemala and has lived in the United States since 1981 and in Oxnard since 2001.

Corado is the Collections Manager of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, the museum with the largest collection of eggs and nests of birds of the world, with more than one million eggs and more than twenty thousand nests.

Oxnard author René Corado returns from Costa Rica to participate in local author fair on Nov. 12

by Community Contributor • November 9, 2017 • Comments Off

OXNARD — René Corado, a Guatemalan Biologist and writer, author of the books El Lustrador and the Adventures of René Corado The Shoeshine Boy, and resident of Oxnard, was invited by the organization Partners In Flight to participate at the XXI…

Biólogo René Corado de Oxnard presenta libro bilingüe ‘Las Aventuras de René Corado El Lustrador’ el 6 de agosto en Santa Mónica

by Community Contributor • July 1, 2016 • Comments Off

SANTA MONICA — Biólogo René Corado de Oxnard presenta libro bilingüe “Las Aventuras de René Corado El Lustrador” a 2 a 5 p.m. sábado, el 6 de agosto en el Santa Mónica Library, Pico Branch, The Annex Room, 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa…

The OC Literature, Arts and Lecture Series Fall 2015 to present ‘Réne Corado — From Shoeshine Boy to Scientist’ on Oct. 21

by Amigos805.com • October 19, 2015 • Comments Off

OXNARD — The OC Literature, Arts and Lecture Series Fall 2015 will present “Réne Corado — From Shoeshine Boy to Scientist” from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard.…

Local writer to receive ‘Guatemalan Writer of the Year’ award next week in Hollywood

by Amigos805.com • August 20, 2015 • Comments Off

Award part of “Celebration of La Semana del Guatemalteco en Los Angeles” René Corado, a Guatemalan biologist, writer and resident of Oxnard, will be honored on Aug. 25 with the “Guatemalan Writer of the Year” award presented by the Comite…

Local writer to be part La Feria Chapina / the Guatemalan Fair in Los Angeles through July 12

by Amigos805.com • July 8, 2015 • Comments Off

Amigos805 staff reports René Corado, who has published his first book in Spanish — “El Lustrador / Dreams of a Shoeshine Boy,” has been invited to participate in La Feria Chapina / the Guatemalan Fair starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, July…