Facts: - caption: engle in 2014 - name: margarita engle - image size: 200px - nationality: american - image: margarita engle.jpg - birth place: los angeles , california , united states - occupation: writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of margarita engle .
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margarita engle is a cuban american writer .she became the first latino awarded a newbery honor in 2009 for '' the surrender tree : poems of cuba 's struggle for freedom '' .