Julia Alvarez

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Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950 in New York City ) is an American author .

Life

Alvarez lived in the Dominican Republic for the first ten years of her childhood , until her father and family had to flee to the United States for political reasons .

Alvarez is considered one of the most successful Latin American authors. She wrote five novels, four poetry books, four children's books and two works on adolescence .

Her first works were two poetry books: The Housekeeping Book (1984) and Homecoming (1991). She wrote her first novel in 1991: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents . He became very famous.

Works

"Who touches this poem touches a woman"
  • Homecoming (1984)
  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), German How the García Girls lost their accent (1992)
  • In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), German Die Zeit der Butterflies (1996)
  • The Other Side ( El Otro Lado ) (1995)
  • Homecoming: New and Selected Poems (1996)
  • ¡Yo! (1997), German Yolanda (1997)
  • Something to Declare (1998)
  • Seven Trees (1998)
  • In the Name of Salomé (2000), German translation Im Namen der Salomé (2001)
  • The Secret Footprints (2001)
  • How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay (2001)
  • A Cafecito Story (2001)
  • Before We Were Free (2002)
  • The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004)
  • Finding Miracles (2004)
  • Gift of Gracias: The Legend of Altagracia (2004)
  • Saving the World (2006), German translation Die Mission der Isabel Gómez (2008)
  • Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA (2007)
  • Liberty
  • My First Free Summer

See also

personal data
SURNAME Alvarez, Julia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City