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- Lilia Senior de Baena
Nació en Bogotá en 1911, aunque su juventud la vivió en Barranquilla. Desde el año 1942 hasta 1966 vivió en Nueva York. Colaboró en periódicos nacionales y extranjeros con cuentos y poemas. Con el relato infantil |El Osito Azul obtuvo el Premio Espiral en 1942. Es un libro compuesto por tres partes: Exégesis de los siete coloquios, Coloquios, y el cuento propiamente dicho. De su vida nos quedan pocos datos y tampoco se conocen otras obras. Sin embargo, este delicado cuento vale la pena conservarse para la historia de la literatura infantil colombiana por su belleza y originalidad. Sobre este cuento escribe Olga Castilla Barrios:
"El estilo es terso, sin estridencias, ni siquiera en las páginas grises de los Coloquios. Hay una clara transparencia en la forma, inclusive cuando orilla el misterio de lo infinito, y acusa una observación amable de las cosas. Deliciosa y original es por ejemplo las escena de la pieza en el cuento final cuando el Hada Silencio anima las cosas del cuarto y en la que con un comentario casual caracteriza cada objeto".
- Lilia Senior de Baena
Nacida en Bogotá en 1911, aunque su juventud y sus últimos años de vida los vivió en Barranquilla, de familia barranquillera y casada con el también barranquillero Eugenio Baena Manotas. Desde el año 1942 hasta 1966 vivió en Nueva York en donde escribió la mayoría de sus cuentos y fundó su propia librería, llamada Don Quijote, en Manhattan; a principios de los años setenta regresó a Barranquilla, de donde ya nunca más emigró. Colaboró en periódicos nacionales y extranjeros con cuentos y poemas. Con el relato infantil "El Osito Azul" obtuvo el Premio Espiral en 1942. Es un libro compuesto por tres partes: Exégesis de los siete coloquios, Coloquios, y el cuento propiamente dicho. Escribió también otros cuentos entre los que se encuentra "Perro Cobarde" con el cual ganó también otro premio.
- De Nancy Connally, January 2008
Spotlight On: Chris Keniston
As most NTRWA members know, the latest writing news in Chris Keniston?s life is that her work-in progress. ?Haunted Hearts,? is a finalist in the First Coast Romance Writers 2007 Beacon Contest. But did you know she flew in the cockpit of a 727 from South America to JFK Airport? Or that her first job after college was youth director for a cruise ship? There?s more. Read on . . .
Where are you from, Chris?
Mount Vernon, a suburb of New York City.
What brought you to Texas?
I was driving cross-country with plans of moving to Australia. I stopped in Houston wanting to see NASA and in Dallas, curious to know if it was anything like the TV show. I stayed with a friend for a week. The cost of living was low, the wages good, and real estate cheap, so I stayed.
When did you decide you wanted to be a writer?
I?m not sure I ever really decided. I had a favorite TV show. Loved reading fanfic. There was a lull in good stories so I decided to try my hand writing one. I developed a faithful group of fans, and Marty Tidwell convinced me I should try writing for real. So here I am.
What do you write?
I tend to write mainstream with romantic elements.
Any genre you haven?t written but would like to try?
I?ve always wanted to write category but keep getting sidetracked with too many subplots and bringing the hero in too late. I?ve recently bought a stack of Harlequin Presents and am going to do my best to try to write one.
Most writers are readers. What do you read for pleasure? Do you have any favorite authors?
My favorite author is Catherine Anderson. I pretty much like anything she writes whether contemporary or historical. I like Lorraine Heath?s western historicals and Joanne Ross? earlier non-suspense contemporaries. And I?ve recently discovered Ginna Gray.
If you could turn any book you?ve read into a movie, which one would it be?
Any of the Catherine Anderson?s Kendrick/Coulter brothers series.
Why?
I love her strong, old-fashioned, take charge and put-family-first heroes.
Do you have any ideas for casting?
Unfortunately when I think of heroes I come up with people like Anthony Quinn, Sean Connery, Gregory Peck, or Walter Pigeon.
Is there any particular part of the writing process you find difficult? If so, do you have any helpful hints about how to overcome it?
Plotting. I?m a total pantser. Don?t ask me what?s going to happen until I?m at least halfway through the book and have discovered all my characters tawdry little secrets!
I?m afraid my solution to everything is sit down and type. Make the time.
Are you the first writer in your family?
No. My grandmother, Lilia Senior de Baena, was an award-winning author in South America. She was most known for her book ?El Osito Azul? (The Little Blue Bear). It was an adult book about mourning the death of a child. The second part, a story about a blue bear, became famous. She mostly won awards for her short stories. There?s a museum in Barranquilla, Colombia for famous writers from Colombia, and my grandmother has a section devoted to her.
Obviously, you did some traveling across the US. Have you traveled anywhere else?
I?ve traveled to four of the seven continents: North America, including Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica; Europe: lots of places; I even lived in France for three months and Spain for three months; South America: Colombia; Africa: Tangier, Morocco?where I do not recommend one get lost. When we got back to Spain, I literally kissed the ground.
With all of that traveling, do you speak any foreign languages?
I?m fluent in French and Spanish, though my Spanish is better than my French.
Any interesting jobs in your past, besides the cruise ship youth director?
At one NT meeting where Von Jocks was unable to speak due to an unexpected illness, we all got up and introduced ourselves. I mentioned that I?d worked at a nuclear power plant during college. I might even have told the story about the time I was assigned to the main control room (I worked the graveyard shift) instead of the Hudson River perimeter, which was my regular post. Yes, the country?s first defense against an attack of well-trained frogmen was me. I was warned to be careful because the engineer on duty had a known drinking problem and a history of giving the female guards trouble. I couldn?t fathom that a drunk was in charge of the main control room of a nuclear power plant, and all they worried about were the female guards.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
I don?t think I?ve done it yet. I think writing a publishable book has probably been the hardest thing I?ve ever gone after. If I reach that goal?that will be my greatest accomplishment.
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- De Chris Keniston
my mother Lilia Ana Baena Senior (daughter of Lilia Senior Lopez penha ) says:
Falta otro hijo de Abraham y Rebecca Senior:
Walther David Senior Tavares born 7/26/1870 died 8/19/1871
detaille: Joseph A Senior Tavares - murio de of Typhoid Fever (el otro hermano que murio joven se callo de un balcon)
Correction: nacio Rebecca Raquel (Ray) Senior cortissoz (hija de benjamin y esther)
Correction: Benjamin J Senior Tavares solo se caso una ves con Esther Cortissoz - no tuvo matrimonio legitimo anterior.
hijos de Jacobo y Ana marina Senior:
Correction: Abraham Moises (Edgar A)Senior Lopez Penha April 9, 1904 Barranquilla. (Edgar A no fue nombre de nacimiento - lo uso desde que estudio en USA)
Frank Joseph Senior Lopez Penha born april 23 1907 o 1908 / Died Bogota Nov 17, 1960
Oscar Senior Lopez Penha born may 20 1905 Santo Domingo Died Barranquilla Colombia
Lilia Senior LopezPenha Hijos:
Eugenio F. Baena Senior born 1931 died 1933
Fernando P. (Fred) Baena Senior Born 4/27/1933 barranquilla
Lilia Ana Baena Senior Born 7/6/1935 Barranquilla
Jaime Eugenio Baena Senior born 1937 died 1941
Eugenio F. (Eugene Fredrick Lawrence) Baena Senior born november 14, 1942
Lilia Ana Baena Senior - married Jorge Velez Pineda Feb 13, 1958 Cali Colombia
Born: Christine Velez Baena Nov 17 1960 Mount Vernon NY.
Eugenio/Eugene Baena Senior married Mary Wenzel October 1967- Divorced 1976
Born: Mark Eugene Baena November 27, 1968 California
Born Kevin Eugene Baena July 15, 1971 California
- Dit bericht is door christine Velez Baena Keniston gestuurd aan Camilo Rodriguez-Uribe, de auteur van Rodriguez Lopez y Uribe Senior, pagina de Genealogia.
Eugenio Baena Manotas (my grandfather) died in may of 1978 in Barranquilla Colombia (NOT mt. Vernon NY) his wife - Lilia Senior (award winning author of El Osito Azul) died in october 1992 in Barranquilla Colombia from 1967 until his death in 1978 his primary residence was Colombia. He lived in NY from 1943 until 1967
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1911 - 1992 (81 años)
Jacob Isaac Senior Tavares 
2x , n. 9 Ene 1868, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia 
1815 - 1886 (71 años)
