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Elizabeth Nunez
Nunez at 2016 Fall for the Book
Nunez at 2016 Fall for the Book
OccupationProfessor
NationalityAmerican
EducationMarian College (BA)
New York University (MA, PhD)
Genresnovel, memoir
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Elizabeth Nunez is a

CUNY, New York City
.

Her novels have won a number of awards: Prospero's Daughter received

PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for literary excellence as well as a New York Times Editors' Choice, and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal.[4] Nunez is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby.[5]

Biography

Early life

Nunez began writing as early as nine years of age and won the first-place prize for the "Tiny Tots" writing contest in the

Trinidad Guardian.[6] She emigrated from Trinidad to the United States after completing high school at the age of 19 in 1963.[1]

Career overview

Nunez at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival.

Having arrived in the United States aged 19, Nunez earned a BA in English from Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and an MA and PhD in Literature from New York University.[6] She began teaching at Medgar Evers College in 1972, a year after the college was established, and was instrumental in developing its writing curriculum.[6] She is a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, where she teaches courses on Caribbean Women Writers and Creative Writing.[7]

The author of eight novels, she is also co-editor with Jennifer Sparrow of Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad, co-editor with Brenda M. Greene of the collection of essays Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s,[8] and author of several monographs of literary criticism.[1] Her memoir "Discovering my Mother" was published in the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby.[5]

In addition to developing her writing and teaching career, Nunez has developed programming to support other writers of color. She is the co-founder of the

PEN American Open Book Committee.[1]

Nunez was also the Executive Producer of the 2004 New York

Emmy-nominated CUNY TV series Black Writers in America.[1]

Novels

  • When Rocks Dance (1986)
  • Beyond The Limbo Silence (1998)
  • Bruised Hibiscus (2000)
  • Discretion (2002)
  • Grace (2003)
  • Prospero's Daughter (2006)
  • Anna In Between
     (2010)
  • Boundaries (2011)
  • Not for Everyday Use (2014)
  • Even in Paradise (2016)
  • Now Lila Knows (2022)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Hunter College Faculty Profile". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. ^ American Book Awards#2000 to 2009
  3. ^ "CUNY News". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Elizabeth Nunez's Website".
  5. ^ a b Delgado, Anjanette. "New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Voices from the Gap". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth Nunez". Akashic Books. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. ISBN 9780820442617
  9. ^ Lee, Felicia R. (3 April 2000). "Black Writers Warn of Losing The Momentum". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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