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Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948 in San Juan, Puerto Rico). Is a renowned Puerto Rican author. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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In 1961, she came to the United States when she was thirteen years old, the eldest in a family that would eventually include eleven children. Ms. Santiago attended New York City's Performing Arts High School, where she majored in drama and dance. After eight years of part-time study at community colleges, she transferred to Harvard University with a full scholarship. She studied film production and graduated in 1976 magna cum laude. Shortly after graduation, she and her husband, Frank Cantor, founded CANTOMEDIA, a film and media production company, which has won numerous awards for excellence in documentary filmmaking. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Her writing career evolved from her work as a producer/writer of documentary and educational films. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in national newspapers including the New York Times and the Boston Globe, and on mass market magazines like House & Garden, Metropolitan Home, and Good Housekeeping. A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...
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Upon publication of her first book, the memoir When I was Puerto Rican, Ms. Santiago was hailed as "a welcome new voice, full of passion and authority," by the Washington Post Book World. ...
Her first novel, America's Dream, has been published in six languages, and was an Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild. "Thrilling and page turning, the fabulous story of América Gonzalez is laid out masterfully," according to the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States. ...
Her second memoir, Almost a Woman, received numerous "Best of Year" mentions, in addition to an Alex Award from the American Library Association. It has recently been adapted into a film for Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, which premiered nationally on PBS at 8:00pm September 14, 2002. The American Library Association promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. ...
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With Joie Davidow, Ms. Santiago is coeditor of the anthologies, Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories and Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember their Mothers both published by Knopf. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ...
In addition to her literary endeavors, Ms. Santiago is an active volunteer. She is a spokesperson on behalf of public libraries. She has designed and developed community-based programs for adolescents, and was a founder of a shelter for battered women and their children. She serves on the boards of organizations devoted to the arts and to literature, and speaks vehemently about the need to encourage and support the artistic development of young people. This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ...
In addition to literary and community service awards, Ms. Santiago has earned a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and Honorary Doctor of Letters from Trinity University and from Pace University. She lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband and two children. Founded in 1927, Sarah Lawrence College is a co-educational, four-year liberal arts college in the Lawrence Park section of Yonkers, New York, though it is located in the postal zone of Bronxville, New York, about thirty minutes north of New York City. ...
Trinity University may refer to: Trinity University of San Antonio, Texas Trinity University of Washington, D.C. (formerly Trinity College) There are also several other educational institutions called Trinity College. ...
See also: Pace University High School Pace University is a private co-educational comprehensive university with campuses located in New York City and throughout Westchester County and the Hudson Valley in New York State. ...
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Her 2004 autobiography, "My Turkish Lover", speaks about the times she had in New York since the age of 21. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Bibliography
- When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (Paperback - October 1994)
- Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago (Paperback - October 1999)
- Casi una mujer by Esmeralda Santiago (Paperback - October 1999)
- America's Dream by Esmeralda Santiago (Author) (Paperback - May 1997)
- Cuando era puertorriqueña by Esmeralda Santiago (Paperback - October 1994)
- Las Mamis by Esmeralda Santiago (Editor), et al (Hardcover - April 2000)
- El sueño de América by Esmeralda Santiago (Author) (Paperback - May 1997)
- Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories by Esmeralda Santiago (Contributor), et al (Paperback - October 1999)
- Las Christmas: escritores latinos recuerdan las tradiciones navideñas by Esmeralda Santiago (Editor), Joie Davidow (Editor) (Paperback)
- My Turkish Lover, autobiogrphy, 2004
Also see list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...
External links - http://www.randomhouse.com
- http://voices.cla.umn.edu
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