Julia alvarez
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Julia Alvarez
writer, poet
Date of Birth: March 27, 1950
Place of origin: Dominican Republic
Data
• 1974: received an award from the Academy of American Poets
• September 20, 2002: wonthe Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC
• September 2002: Women of the Year Latina Magazine
Narrative
Julia Alvarez was born in New York to Dominicanparents. After 3 months, returned to the Dominican Republic to live. In 1960, when Alvarez was 10, left the Dominica Republic to live in New York because of his father's political activities against thedictator Trujillo. One can find many aspects of his experience as an immigrant in his books. She based her fiction on the experiences of his own family. Many people have asked him about his ideas andhis life, and she says in her book Something to Declare (1998) is possible to find many answers to these questions, your ideas / opinions about your writing, and the subject of writing general.Alvarez said that his experiences coming to the United States, English and American libraries contributed greatly to their desire to read and write. She said that since I was very young, I knew I wantedto be a writer. Describe the experience of losing their language (when it came to the U.S.) and find a new one. Focused much on the meaning and sound of the words of his new language, in which he nowwrites. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1971 with BA (After starting his studies at Connecticut College). He received his M.F.A. Syracuse University in 1975. After studying for twelve years hetaught poetry in schools in various U.S. cities It is evident that through his academic career, his focus has always been literature and writing.
His first book was How the Garcia Girls Lost TheirAccent in 1991. It was published when he was 41 years. Since then he has published other books, including In the Time of Butterflies (1994), Yo! (1997), Something to Declare (1998), In the Name of...
writer, poet
Date of Birth: March 27, 1950
Place of origin: Dominican Republic
Data
• 1974: received an award from the Academy of American Poets
• September 20, 2002: wonthe Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC
• September 2002: Women of the Year Latina Magazine
Narrative
Julia Alvarez was born in New York to Dominicanparents. After 3 months, returned to the Dominican Republic to live. In 1960, when Alvarez was 10, left the Dominica Republic to live in New York because of his father's political activities against thedictator Trujillo. One can find many aspects of his experience as an immigrant in his books. She based her fiction on the experiences of his own family. Many people have asked him about his ideas andhis life, and she says in her book Something to Declare (1998) is possible to find many answers to these questions, your ideas / opinions about your writing, and the subject of writing general.Alvarez said that his experiences coming to the United States, English and American libraries contributed greatly to their desire to read and write. She said that since I was very young, I knew I wantedto be a writer. Describe the experience of losing their language (when it came to the U.S.) and find a new one. Focused much on the meaning and sound of the words of his new language, in which he nowwrites. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1971 with BA (After starting his studies at Connecticut College). He received his M.F.A. Syracuse University in 1975. After studying for twelve years hetaught poetry in schools in various U.S. cities It is evident that through his academic career, his focus has always been literature and writing.
His first book was How the Garcia Girls Lost TheirAccent in 1991. It was published when he was 41 years. Since then he has published other books, including In the Time of Butterflies (1994), Yo! (1997), Something to Declare (1998), In the Name of...
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