5 Dominican Authors You Should Know​


​Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. A novelist, poet, and essayist, she is the author of nineteen books, including How the García Girls Lost Their Accents,In the Time of the Butterflies--a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Selection--Yo!, Something to Declare, In the Name of Salome, Saving theWorld, A Wedding in Haiti, and The Woman I Kept to Myself. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including the 2013 National Medal of Arts, a Latina Leader Award in Literature in 2007 from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the 2002 Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the 2000 Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s 1996 program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.” A writer-in-residence at Middlebury College, Alvarez and her husband, Bill Eichner, established Alta Gracia, an organic coffee farm–literacy arts center, in her homeland, the Dominican Republic.
Mirtha Michelle Castro Marmol is a Dominican born actress and poet. She was raised in Miami, Florida. She wrote her first poem at the age of six, and since then she cultivated a passion for poetry and the arts. Mirtha Michelle is the author of the hugely popular, and best-selling poetry books -Letters, To The Men I Have Loved- and -Elusive Loves; Amores Esquivos-. With her books she has been able to capture the first feelings of love and loss in a raw form that has allowed her to earn the hearts of many loyal readers. She's also active as a public speaker with engagements at colleges throughout the country. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Kianny N. Antigua is a professor, writer and cultural promoter. She was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, in 1979.  She is the author of the children's book ¡Pero es que aquí no hay palmeras! (2018), the short story book Aquí hubo una mujer (2018), the children's book Mía y el regalo de Guaguau (2017), as well as many other children's books, short story books, a novel and a poetry book. She has received multiple international awards and recognitions including the award Premio Ultramar for her children's work and was a finalist for the International Latino Book Award for 'Most Inspirational Children's Book' (2018).
Leonardo Nin is Dominican anthropologist and writer, graduated from Harvard University. He is one of the main representative of the Dominican Diaspora Literature Movement. He has published several books of short stories, which include Guazábaras and Sacrileges of the excommunicated. Also the collection of poems Paid Space and the novels I only know that they called her Shadow and Tomorrow, when God dies. His literary work and his essays on linguistic and anthropological research have been published in various journals and anthologies in the United States, Latin America and Europe.
María Farazdel (Palitachi). is a poet, public speaker and editor. She has received the Latino Book Award, 2017. She received the honor of 'Universal Cultural Ambassador' in Bolivia endorsed by UNESCO, 2014 and 'Ambassador of honor for S.I.P.E.A.'. She has been recognized for promoting Latin American literature by the City of New Jersey, 2017. Her work has been translated to English, French, Italian, Serbian, Arab and Portuguese, and is a member of the PEN Club of America. Her books include Vagón de ida, My Little Paradise, Entre voces y espacios, De cuerpos y ciudades, Las horas de aquel paisaje, Once puntos de luz, Infraganti, Bitácora del insomnio the trilogy Voces de América Latina (I-III) 2016 and Voces del vino 2017. She is included in more than 30 anthologies.
5/08/2018
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