Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak’abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K’iche’ village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place.
- ISBN: 9781773064956
- Author: Ak'abal, Humberto
- Editor: Aldana, Patricia
- Illustrator: Carling, Amelia Lau
- Translator: Hazelton, Hugh
- Published: 2021 , Groundwood Books
- Themes: Children's poetry, Stories in verse
- Descriptors: Americas, Guatemala, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry
- No. of pages: 172