Esmeralda Santiago

Esmeralda Santiago

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Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author, born on 17 May 1948 in Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico [ [http://www.esmeraldasantiago.com/FAQ/faq.html Esmeralda Santiago FAQ] ] .

Life and career

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. Santiago attended New York City's, she and her husband, Frank Cantor, founded CANTOMEDIA, a film and media production company, which has won numerous awards for excellence in documentary filmmaking.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Her 2004 memoir, "The Turkish Lover", describes her life from the time she left New York in 1969 at age 21 until her graduation from Harvard in 1976, and focuses on her relationship with Turkish filmmaker [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230480/ Ulvi Dogan] .

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)
*"The Turkish Lover", autobiography, 2004

ee also

*List of Puerto Rican writers
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican literature
*Giannina Braschi
*Rosario Ferre
*Ana Lydia Vega

Notes

External links

*http://voices.cla.umn.edu


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