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Julia Alvarez
Alvarez in 2009
Alvarez in 2009
Born (1950-03-27) March 27, 1950 (age 74)
New York City, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Alma materConnecticut College,
Syracuse University, Middlebury College
Notable worksIn the Time of the Butterflies
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Before We Were Free
A Gift of Gracias
A Wedding in Haiti
Notable awardsNational Medal of Arts (2014)[1]
SpouseBill Eichner (1989–present)[2]
Website
www.juliaalvarez.com

Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo! (1997). Her publications as a poet include Homecoming (1984) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), and as an essayist the autobiographical compilation Something to Declare (1998). She has achieved critical and commercial success on an international scale and many literary critics regard her to be one of the most significant contemporary Latina writers.

Julia Alvarez has also written several books for younger readers. Her first picture book for children was "The Secret Footprints" published in 2002. Alvarez has gone on to write several other books for young readers, including the "Tía Lola" book series.[3]

Born in New York, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country. Many of Alvarez's works are influenced by her experiences as a Dominican-American, and focus heavily on issues of immigration, assimilation, and identity. She is known for works that examine cultural expectations of women both in the Dominican Republic and the United States, and for rigorous investigations of cultural stereotypes. In recent years, Alvarez has expanded her subject matter with works such as 'In the Name of Salomé (2000)', a novel with Cuban rather than solely Dominican characters and fictionalized versions of historical figures.

In addition to her successful writing career, Alvarez is the current writer-in-residence at Middlebury College.[4]

  1. ^ Palomo, Elvira (August 2, 2014). "Julia Álvarez: La literatura ejercita la imaginación y el corazón" (in Spanish). Washington, D. C.: Listín Diario. EFE. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Trupe 2011, p. 5.
  3. ^ SiennaMoonfire.com, Sienna Moonfire Designs: “BOOKS: FOR YOUNG READERS OF ALL AGES.” Books for Young Readers of All Ages by Julia Alvarez, www.juliaalvarez.com/young-readers/#footprints.
  4. ^ "Julia Alvarez | Middlebury College". www.middlebury.edu. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

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