Carolina de Robertis

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Carolina de Robertis
de Robertis at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
de Robertis at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born1975
England
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationBA - University of California Los Angeles
MFA - Mills College
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Notable worksThe Invisible Mountain (2010)
Perla (2013)
The Gods of Tango (2015)
Radical Hope (2017)
Notable awardsRhegium Julii Debut Prize (2010)
Stonewall Book Award (2016)
SpousePamela Harris
Website
carolinaderobertis.com

Carolina de Robertis is a Uruguayan-American author and teacher of creative writing at San Francisco State University. She is the author of four novels and the editor of an award-winning anthology, Radical Hope (2017), which include essays by such writers as Junot Diaz and Jane Smiley.[1] She is also well known for her translational work, frequently translating Spanish pieces.

Early life[]

Carolina De Robertis is the child of two Uruguayan parents. She moved throughout her childhood following the scientific career of her father Edward De Robertis. She was born in England, later moving to Basel (Switzerland), until finally ending up in Los Angeles, California.[2][3][unreliable source?] De Robertis was disowned by her parents when she was 25.[4] Describing her relationship with her parents, she said, "They actually dug in their heels and tried to turn my siblings against my first child when I was pregnant with the first child. I use that example to say, it's not true that everybody comes around."[4]

She worked as a rape counselor and was very active in the Bay Area's LGBTQ+ community for ten years in her 20s.[5]

De Robertis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. She also received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Mills College in 2007.[6]

Career[]

De Robertis released her first book, The Invisible Mountain, in 2009. The novel was an international best-seller, being translated into 17 languages,[7] including Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Hebrew, and Chinese. It won best book for the San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Booklist. It was also a finalist for the California Book Award, an International Latino Book Award, and the VCU Cabell First Book Award.

De Robertis' novel, Cantoras was selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice.[8] It also won a Stonewall Book Award,[9] a Reading Women Award, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and a Lambda Literary Award.[10]

Personal life[]

De Robertis lives with her wife, Pamela Harris, and their two kids in Oakland, California. She identifies as queer and genderqueer.[4] Describing her sexuality on the LGBTQ&A podcast, De Robertis said, "The more words the better. So I'm a dyke, I'm a lesbian, I'm also bi. It's all good."[11]

Works[]

Novels[]

  • The Invisible Mountain (2009)
  • Perla (2012)
  • The Gods of Tango (2015)
  • Cantoras (2019)
  • The President and the Frog (2021)

Translation[]

Essays[]

  • "42 Poorly Kept Secrets About Montevideo" for The Indiana Review (2006)
  • "Translating a Pablo Neruda Mystery" for Publishers Weekly (2012)
  • "We Need the Real, Racist Atticus Finch" for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review (2015)
  • "Why We Must Listen to Women" for the Easy Bay Express (2017)

Other[]

Honors and awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Coming in May – RADICAL HOPE: LETTERS OF LOVE AND DISSENT IN DANGEROUS TIMES | Carolina De Robertis". www.carolinaderobertis.com. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ Lee, Nicole. "Carolina de Robertis talks about dancing through history with her novel 'The Gods of Tango'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  3. ^ BookBrowse. "Carolina De Robertis author biography". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Carolina de Robertis On Familial Homophobia: Not Everyone Comes Around". www.advocate.com. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ^ Leon, Aya de (2016-02-01). "Novelist Carolina De Robertis wins a Stonewall Award for her historical treatment of queer and transgender identity in THE GODS OF TANGO". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  6. ^ "Graduate Program English | MFA & MA Alumnae/i | Mills College". inside.mills.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  7. ^ "Carolina De Robertis - Bay Area Book Festival". Bay Area Book Festival. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  8. ^ "10 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times. 2019-10-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  9. ^ admin (2009-09-09). "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  10. ^ "Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". www.thefussylibrarian.com. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  11. ^ "LGBTQ&A: Carolina de Robertis: A Love Letter to Anyone Who's Felt Despair on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  12. ^ "Perla (Vintage Contemporaries) | IndieBound.org". www.indiebound.org. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  13. ^ "Carolina De Robertis". NEA. 2012-01-01. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

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