Gina Apostol
Gina Apostol (born 1963) is a Philippines-born writer based in the United States.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Born Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol,[citation needed] the author was born in Manila and grew up in Tacloban, Leyte. She was the second of children raised by their artist-mother Virginia. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman and earned a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University.[4]
Career
Her American debut novel, Gun Dealers' Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award[2] and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.[5] She found out about the PEN/Open Book nomination on the same day she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and found out she had won on her way to undergoing surgery - a bilateral mastectomy.[1]
Her 2018 novel, Insurrecto, was one of Publishers Weekly's 2018 Ten Best Books,[6] and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[7] Portions of her short story, “The Unintended,” which was published in the Manila Noir anthology edited by Jessica Hagedorn, appear in the novel.[8]
Her first two novels, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, both won the Philippine National Book Award Juan C. Laya Prize for the Novel.[9]
She has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books,[10] The New York Times,[11][12][13] and Foreign Policy.[14]
In an interview, Apostol said that her current favorite novelist is Elena Ferrante.[15]
Literary works
- Bibliolepsy (1997, University of Philippines Press: ISBN 9789715421379)
- The Revolution According to Raymundo (2009, Manila: Anvil ISBN 9789715421379; 2020, New York: Soho Press: ISBN 9781641291835)
- Gun Dealers' Daughter (2010, Manila: Anvil; 2012, Norton: ISBN 9780393062946)
- Insurrecto (2018, Soho Press: ISBN 978-1616959449)
References
- ^ a b De Vera, Ruel S. (21 April 2014). "Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda'". inquirer.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Gina Apostol". Center for Art and Thought. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Gina Apostol". Filipino American Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Breaking Down American Barriers: Meet Gina Apostol". Singapore Literature Festival in NYC. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Press release: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2014 Shortlist". Stanford Libraries. Stanford. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018". Year-End Lists. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019 Shortlist". Short List. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata (2013). Manila Noir. ISBN 9781617751608. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Award Winning Books". NBDB. NBDB. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Gina Apostol". Contributors. LARB. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Speaking in Fascism's Tongues". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Surrender, Oblivion, Survival". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "In the Philippines, Haunted by History". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Gina Apostol". Authors. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/literature/2019/8/9/gina-apostol-interview.html
External links
- Official website
- "The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction". CornellCast. Cornell University. 9 November 2015. Video of lecture given by Apostol
- "An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'" Apostol, Gina (November 10, 2018). "Weekend Edition". National Public Radio (Interview). Scott Simon. Washington, DC: NPR.
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