Carol Miller
Encyclopedia
Carol Miller is an American
author and sculptor. She has been a sculptress for over forty years, with some two hundred exhibits to her credit. She has been a writer all her life.
Her career in professional journalism
began at age fifteen. A correspondent for LIFE Magazine in Mexico
(1962-64), syndicated travel writer, translator, scholar, film
and art
critic, magazine editor, lecturer, photographer, gastronome, she has also worked for ad agencies, public relations firms, craft centers and archaeological projects. She has produced close to 30 books, a number of them published in both English
and Spanish
, which have evolved out of her extensive research and travel, first among Maya
sites in Mexico
and then distant, often related, cultures around the world, with a special focus on archaeology
and history. Her articles on the Greek
world in the Sunday Travel Section of the now-defunct Mexico City News, published during the 70’s and 80’s, earned her the title of Honorary Cultural Attaché for the Greek Embassy in Mexico, and the nickname of “Athenea”.
Her career in the arts, and particularly as a sculptress, won her the “Superior Academic Order” from the Accademio Internazionale Greci-Marino in Vinzaglio
, Italy
. In 2004 this order was raised to “Honorary National Councilor for Mexico” in recognition of her overall contribution to the arts, specifically in sculpture and letters. She is a member of the Society for American Archaeology
(SAA) where she has served as a perennial member of the Media Relations Committee; and is a research consultant at the Institute for Maya Studies in Mexico. She serves on the Advisory Board of Exploring Solutions Past (ESP): The Maya Forest Alliance, with the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna in Belize
. A resident of Mexico for over fifty years, she lives with her husband, designer and art restorer Tomás González, in Mexico City
. She has two children, Fausto and Dushka Zapata.
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author and sculptor. She has been a sculptress for over forty years, with some two hundred exhibits to her credit. She has been a writer all her life.
Her career in professional journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
began at age fifteen. A correspondent for LIFE Magazine in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(1962-64), syndicated travel writer, translator, scholar, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
critic, magazine editor, lecturer, photographer, gastronome, she has also worked for ad agencies, public relations firms, craft centers and archaeological projects. She has produced close to 30 books, a number of them published in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, which have evolved out of her extensive research and travel, first among Maya
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
sites in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and then distant, often related, cultures around the world, with a special focus on archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
and history. Her articles on the Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
world in the Sunday Travel Section of the now-defunct Mexico City News, published during the 70’s and 80’s, earned her the title of Honorary Cultural Attaché for the Greek Embassy in Mexico, and the nickname of “Athenea”.
Her career in the arts, and particularly as a sculptress, won her the “Superior Academic Order” from the Accademio Internazionale Greci-Marino in Vinzaglio
Vinzaglio
Vinzaglio is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km southwest of Novara. It is an agricultural borough in the rice-growing plain of Vercelli....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. In 2004 this order was raised to “Honorary National Councilor for Mexico” in recognition of her overall contribution to the arts, specifically in sculpture and letters. She is a member of the Society for American Archaeology
Society for American Archaeology
The Society for American Archaeology is the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world. The Society was founded in 1934 and today has over 7000 members. The Society holds an annual conference and publishes the flagship journal of American archaeology,...
(SAA) where she has served as a perennial member of the Media Relations Committee; and is a research consultant at the Institute for Maya Studies in Mexico. She serves on the Advisory Board of Exploring Solutions Past (ESP): The Maya Forest Alliance, with the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna in Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
. A resident of Mexico for over fifty years, she lives with her husband, designer and art restorer Tomás González, in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. She has two children, Fausto and Dushka Zapata.
Books by Carol Miller
- Saudade (Poetry)
- Politics and the Labor Movement in Latin America, by Victor Alba (English translation for Stanford University Press) ISBN 0804701938
- The Unfinished Experiment, Democracy in the Dominican Republic, by Juan Bosch (English translation for Praeger, New York)
- Reindorf, by Alfonso de Neuvillate (English translation for Alpine Fine Arts Books)
- El Profeta Alado (with Dra. Guadalupe Rivera Marín)
- The Winged Prophet, From Hermes to Quetzalcoatl (with Guadalupe Rivera Marín, for Samuel Weiser, USA)
- Mundo Maya, Viajes (Editorial El Día, Mexico City)
- Más Viajes en el Mundo Maya, la Península de Yucatán, Belice y El Salvador (Editorial de la Lotería Nacional, Mexico City)
- El Pilar, An Archaeological Reserve For Maya Flora and Fauna (with Dr. Anabel Ford), published by the Ford Foundation.
- Belize, An Interruption of the Jungle, for the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Haciendas Henequeneras de México (translation of texts by Juan E. García and Alberto Davidoff, as well as original text, “Henequen, A *Gift and a Curse, by Carol Miller)
- Dolores OlmedoDolores OlmedoMaría de los Dolores Olmedo y Patiño Suarez was a Mexican businesswoman, philanthropist and musician, better known for her friendship with Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera; she appeared on some of his paintings...
Patiño (1908-2002), translation to English of text by María Eugenia de Lara Rangel, Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, Mexico City, 2004 - Henry Moore en México, translation to Spanish of text by Toby Treves of the Tate Gallery, London, for the Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, Mexico City, 2005.
- "Robert Motherwell", translation to Spanish of text by the Walker Art Institute of Minneapolis, for the Museo Dolores Olmedo, 2008
- "The Dolores Olmedo Museum", translation English-Spanish, Spanish-English of 7 texts for the museum catalog, 2008.
- "American Modernism", translation to Spanish of text by the Walker Art Institute of Minneapolis and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, for the Museo Dolores Olmedo, 2009.
- "James Ensor", translation to Spanish of text from the Royal Fine Arts Museum of Antwerp, Belgium, for the Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City, 2010
- The Sculptural Space, translation to English of 14 texts for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 2010