Julia Alvarez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Julia Alvarez

poet, novelist, essayist

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1950

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United States, Dominican Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Julia Alvarez

  • Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist.
  • She rose to prominence with the novels How the GarcĂ­a 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).
  • Many literary critics regard her to be one of the most significant Latina writers and she has achieved critical and commercial success on an international scale. 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 "TĂ­a Lola" book series.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 in the United States, and focus heavily on issues of assimilation and identity.
  • Her cultural upbringing as both a Dominican and an American is evident in the combination of personal and political tone in her writing.
  • 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 SalomĂ© (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.

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