| Achy Obejas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation | novelist, journalist |
| Notable work(s) | Days of Awe |
| Notable award(s) | Pulitzer (journalism); Lambda Literary Awards (x2) |
Achy Obejas (born 1956 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American writer and journalist living in Chicago, Illinois. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. After leaving Cuba at the age of six, she lived in Michigan City, Indiana until she moved to Chicago in 1979. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, USA It is one of two principal cities of and is included in the Michigan City- La Porte Indiana Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Since 1991, she has been a journalist with the Chicago Tribune, working as a culture writer. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic She was the Springer Lecturer in Creative Writing (2003-2005) at the University of Chicago, as well as an advisor for the online prose magazine, Otium. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Otium is an online prose magazine produced by students at the University of Chicago.
In fall of 2005, she served as the Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Hawai'i. The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers
As of 2006, she is the Sor Juana visiting writer at DePaul University. Sor Juana ( November 12, 1651 1648 according to some biographers &ndash April 17, 1695) also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz DePaul University is a private institution of Higher education and Research in Chicago, Illinois, U
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Selected works
- Days of Awe (2001)
- Memory Mambo (1996)
- We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (1994)
Awards and honors
From her website (March 2008):
During her career, Achy has received a Pulitzer for a Tribune team investigation, the Studs Terkel Journalism Prize, several Peter Lisagor journalism honors, two Lambda Literary Awards, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in poetry, and residencies at Yaddo, Ragdale and the Virginia Center for the Arts, among other honors. Louis "Studs" Terkel (born May 16, 1912) is an American author, historian actor and broadcaster based in Chicago. Peter Lisagor ( August 5 1915 &ndash December 10 1976) was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News from 1959 to Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammies" are awarded yearly by the US -based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence
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