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Nelly Rosario (born 1972) is a
MIT and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University.[1] She has taught in the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program at Columbia University, the MFA Program at Texas State University
, and was a visiting scholar in the Comparative Media/Writing Program at MIT. Her fiction and creative nonfiction work has appeared in various anthologies and journals.
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 VoiceLiterary 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[1][3]
- 2015: Recipient, Creative Capital Award
References
- ^ a b Nelly Rosario at Penguin Random HHouse
- ISBN 9780307427892.
- ^ "Texas State-San Marcos MFA Program". Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
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