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Julia Alvarez

Born in New York City in 1950, Julia Alvarez's parents returned to their native country, Dominican Republic, shortly after her birth. Ten years later, the family was forced to flee to the United States because of her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrow the dictator, Trujillo.

Alvarez has written novels (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, ¡Yo!, In the Name of Salomé, Saving the World, Afterlife), collections of poems (Homecoming, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado, The Woman I Kept to Myself), nonfiction (Something to Declare, Once Upon A Quinceañera, and A Wedding in Haiti), and numerous books for young readers (including the Tía Lola Stories series, Before We Were Free, finding miracles, Return to Sender and Where Do They Go?).

Alvarez’s awards include the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards for her books for young readers, the Hispanic Heritage Award, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award. In 2013, she received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

Source: https://www.juliaalvarez.com/about

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Dominican-American poet, novelist, essayist

Born March 27, 1950

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  • Cover of: In the time of the butterflies

    Cover of edition isbn_8484001768 Cover of edition intimeofbutter00alva Cover of edition eneltiempodelasm00juli Cover of edition intimeofbutterfl000alva Cover of edition intimeofbutterfl0000alva_g4v2 First published in 1994 — 16 editions
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    First published in 2005 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition americanexperien00kate Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_y5z1 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 First published in 1999 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

    First published in 1992 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Yo!

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Copper Level

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold Level

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  • Cover of: Afterlife

    First published in 2020 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Saving the World

    First published in 2005 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: How Tía Lola came to visit stay

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  • Cover of: How the García girls lost their accents

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  • Cover of: Return to sender

    First published in 2009 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Alabama: Prentice Hall Literature

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    First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2009 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Resistencia

    First published in 2019 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A cafecito story

    Cover of edition cafecitostory00juli_0 First published in 2001 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Cuando Tia Lola Vino (de Visita) a Quedarse

    First published in 2004 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2006 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2001 — 3 editions
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Dominican-American poet, novelist, essayist

Born March 27, 1950

Subjects

Fiction, Dominican Americans, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Families, Family life, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, historical, general, American literature, Family life, fiction, Vermont, fiction, Dominican americans, fiction, Dominican republic, fiction, Fiction, general, Great-aunts, Literature, Reading Level-Grade 10, Criticism and interpretation, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Reading Level-Grade 9, Sisters, fiction, Adoption, fiction, Divorce

Places

Dominican Republic, United States, Vermont, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, Cuba, Italy, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Central America, Haiti, República Dominicana, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, Bronx (New York, N.Y.), China, Cumberland County, Developing countries, Eastern Europe, England, Haití

People

Julia Alvarez, Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Camila Henríquez Ureña, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Paris, Peter, Police Inspector Jones, Romeo Montague

Time

20th century, 1890, 1930-1961, 21st century, 1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December, Siglo XXI

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November 29, 2022 Edited by evapad added bio
November 29, 2022 Edited by evapad Added new photo
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import