Gina Apostol
Gina Apostol (born 1963) is a Philippines-born writer based in the United States.[1][2][3]
She was born in Manila and grew up in Tacloban. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman and then took a Master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University.[4]
Her American debut novel, Gun Dealer's Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award.[2]
She has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books[5] and Foreign Policy.[6]
Selected publications
- Bibliolepsy (1997, University of Philippines Press: ISBN 9789715421379)
- The Revolution According to Raymundo (2009, Manila: Anvil ISBN 9789715421379)
- Gun Dealer's Daughter (2010, Manila: Anvil; 2012, Norton: ISBN 9780393062946)
- Insurrecto (2018, Soho Press: ISBN 978-1616959449
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Gina Apostol". Contributors. LARB. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Gina Apostol". Authors. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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
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