Alejandro Varela (writer)
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Alejandro Varela is an American fiction writer. His novel, The Town of Babylon, was nominated for a National Book Award in 2022.[1]
Career
Varela graduated from Cornell with a Bachelor of Arts and the University of Washington with a Masters in Public Health.[2][3] After graduating, he worked on an HIV study for the New York City Blood Center and managed cancer screening studies at Mount Sinai in Manhattan.[2] Varela taught graduate-level public health policy and advocacy at Long Island University before beginning to write full time. He has published short stories in the The Yale Review and Harper's Magazine.[4][5]
Varela's debut novel, The Town of Babylon, was published in 2022 and nominated for a National Book Award. The judges for the award said, "With this urgent, vivid novel, Varela has given us a modern classic and an indelible portrait of our times."[6]
His second book, The People Who Report More Stress, a short story collection was published in 2023. The New York Times called it "a master class in analyzing the unspoken...Varela illuminates our society’s Gordian knots with a seemingly effortless wit and empathy."[7][8]
Personal
Varela is queer and lives in New York City.[9] His parents are from Colombia and El Salvador.[1]
References
- ^ a b Soto, Christopher (2023-03-16). "How the Salvadoran diaspora became a literary juggernaut". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ a b "How Alejandro Varela became a public health storyteller". sph.washington.edu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "Fireside Chat with Alejandro Varela '01 and Ernesto Quiñonez". Alumni, parents, and friends | Cornell University. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "Alejandro Varela: "Grand Openings"". The Yale Review. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "Carlitos in Charge, by Alejandro Varela". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "The Town of Babylon". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ Kirby, Gwen E. (2023-04-28). "In These Stories, Society Lets Individuals Down Again and Again". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ April 6, Leland CheukUpdated; 2023; Comments, 6:20 p m Share on Facebook Share on TwitterView. "National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela renders the neurotic complexity of cosmopolitan life with humor and pathos in 'The People Who Report More Stress' - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
{{cite web}}:|first3=has generic name (help);|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Nast, Condé (2023-04-04). "These Stories Explore the Complex Stress of Being Queer and Latinx in New York City". Them. Retrieved 2023-07-07.