Julia Alvarez Essay
Hall 1
Makalia Hall
English 2
Mrs. McAlister
2/16/15
Julia Alvarez Essay Julia Alvarez was born on March 27, 1950. She was born in New York City. When she was three her family moved back to her families’ native land, Trujillo. Julia moved back to New York, where she graduated from high school in 1967. Then she then attended Connecticut College for two years, where she won the Benjamin T. Marshall Poetry Prize. After attending Bread Loaf School of English, at Middlebury College. She received a bachelor of arts in English, Summa Cum Laude, in 1971. In 1973, in pursuit of her goal to become a writer, she enrolled in Syracuse University. Two years later Julia had her master’s degree in creative writing. Her poems began to appear in print as early as 1970. In 1975, Julia was a writer in the Kentucky Arts Commission. In 1988, with the help of the Bread Loaf School of English, Bob Pack, and published Julia’s first poetic collection entitled Homecoming. Her verses received critical praise. In addition, Julia received a t national endowment from the Art Grant. In 1997, her stories “Father” end the “Rainfall” had appeared in print in the Berateria Review. Five more years passed before her next fiction novel would be published. In 1986, Julia won the General Electric Foundation Award for young writers. Julia then signed a contract with Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. In 1991, two months after Julia’s 41 birthday, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents was published. In 1994, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill published Julia’s second novel: In time of Butterflies. Bill Echner married Julia in 1998, and Julia’s collection of essays, “Something to Declare”, was published. In June of 2000, Julia published her fourth novel, In the name of Salome. In this book, Julia introduces a man named Pedro Henriquez Urena who is renown among serious students of Latin America Literature and culture. Pedro died nearly a half a century ago, but his scholarly essays and books are still read with
Makalia Hall
English 2
Mrs. McAlister
2/16/15
Julia Alvarez Essay Julia Alvarez was born on March 27, 1950. She was born in New York City. When she was three her family moved back to her families’ native land, Trujillo. Julia moved back to New York, where she graduated from high school in 1967. Then she then attended Connecticut College for two years, where she won the Benjamin T. Marshall Poetry Prize. After attending Bread Loaf School of English, at Middlebury College. She received a bachelor of arts in English, Summa Cum Laude, in 1971. In 1973, in pursuit of her goal to become a writer, she enrolled in Syracuse University. Two years later Julia had her master’s degree in creative writing. Her poems began to appear in print as early as 1970. In 1975, Julia was a writer in the Kentucky Arts Commission. In 1988, with the help of the Bread Loaf School of English, Bob Pack, and published Julia’s first poetic collection entitled Homecoming. Her verses received critical praise. In addition, Julia received a t national endowment from the Art Grant. In 1997, her stories “Father” end the “Rainfall” had appeared in print in the Berateria Review. Five more years passed before her next fiction novel would be published. In 1986, Julia won the General Electric Foundation Award for young writers. Julia then signed a contract with Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. In 1991, two months after Julia’s 41 birthday, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents was published. In 1994, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill published Julia’s second novel: In time of Butterflies. Bill Echner married Julia in 1998, and Julia’s collection of essays, “Something to Declare”, was published. In June of 2000, Julia published her fourth novel, In the name of Salome. In this book, Julia introduces a man named Pedro Henriquez Urena who is renown among serious students of Latin America Literature and culture. Pedro died nearly a half a century ago, but his scholarly essays and books are still read with