Gina Apostol

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Gina Apostol (born 1963) is a Filipino-born writer based in the United States.[1][2][3]

Early life and education[]

Born Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol,[citation needed] the author was born in Manila and grew up in Tacloban, Leyte. She was the second of children raised by their artist-mother Virginia. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman and earned a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University.[4]

Career[]

Her American debut novel, Gun Dealers' Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award[2] and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.[5] She found out about the PEN/Open Book nomination on the same day she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and found out she had won on her way to undergoing surgery - a bilateral mastectomy.[1]

Her 2018 novel, Insurrecto, was one of Publishers Weekly's 2018 Ten Best Books,[6] and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[7] Portions of her short story, “The Unintended,” which was published in the Manila Noir anthology edited by Jessica Hagedorn, appear in the novel.[8]

Her first two novels, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, both won the Philippine National Book Award Juan C. Laya Prize for the Novel.[9]

She has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books,[10] The New York Times,[11][12][13] and Foreign Policy.[14]

In an interview, Apostol said that her current favorite novelist is Elena Ferrante.[15]

Literary works[]

  • Bibliolepsy (1997, University of Philippines Press: ISBN 9789715421379)
  • The Revolution According to Raymundo (2009, Manila: Anvil ISBN 9789715421379; 2020, New York: Soho Press: ISBN 9781641291835)
  • Gun Dealers' Daughter (2010, Manila: Anvil; 2012, Norton: ISBN 9780393062946)
  • Insurrecto (2018, Soho Press: ISBN 978-1616959449)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b De Vera, Ruel S. (21 April 2014). "Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda'". inquirer.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gina Apostol". Center for Art and Thought. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Gina Apostol". Filipino American Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Breaking Down American Barriers: Meet Gina Apostol". Singapore Literature Festival in NYC. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Press release: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2014 Shortlist". Stanford Libraries. Stanford. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018". Year-End Lists. Publishers Weekly. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019 Shortlist". Short List. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. ^ Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata (2013). Manila Noir. ISBN 9781617751608. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Award Winning Books". NBDB. NBDB. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Gina Apostol". Contributors. LARB. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  11. ^ Apostol, Gina (19 May 2017). "Speaking in Fascism's Tongues". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  12. ^ Apostol, Gina (15 November 2013). "Surrender, Oblivion, Survival". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  13. ^ Apostol, Gina (28 April 2012). "In the Philippines, Haunted by History". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Gina Apostol". Authors. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Gina Apostol on historical fiction and our 'unhealthy' search for a Filipino identity".

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