I, Juan de Pareja
First edition | |
| Author | Elizabeth Borton de Treviño |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | June 1965 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 192 |
I, Juan de Pareja is a novel by American writer Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, which won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1966.
The book is based on the Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the real-life portrait that Diego Velázquez made of his slave Juan de Pareja. It is written in the first person as by the title character de Pareja, a half-African slave of Velázquez's.