Nelly Rosario
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Nelly Rosario (born 1972) is a Dominican American novelist and creative writing instructor in the MFA Program at Texas State University in San Marcos.
Rosario was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn. She received a B.A. in engineering from MIT and an M.F.A. in fiction from Columbia University.[1]
After the debut of her novel Song of the Water Saints, Rosario was described by Julia Alvarez as "a Caribbean Scheherazade."[2]
Awards and honors[]
- 1997: Winner, Hurston/Wright Foundation Award in Fiction
- 2001: Named a "Writer on the Verge" by the Village Voice Literary Supplement
- 2002: Winner, PEN Open Book Award
- 2003: Finalist, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Debut Fiction
- 2008: Recipient, The Sherwood Anderson Foundation Award for Fiction [3][4]
- 2015: Recipient, Creative Capital Award
References[]
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=26084
- ^ Rosario, Nelly (2007-12-18). Song of the Water Saints: A Novel. ISBN 9780307427892.
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=26084
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-05-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Dominican Republic emigrants to the United States
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
- Texas State University faculty