JuliaAlvarez

• Personal Life-[|www.juliaalvarez.com] She was born in the U.S.A on March 27 1950 but was raised in the Dominican Republic so she is an American with dominican parents. When she was 10 her parents who at time where in the D.R with their child got into the fight to help overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo so they fled to N.Y for the second time. when she was 10 she went to school not knowing how to speak and that was when she said that she stated to make up or write stories. she now lives in Champlain Valley,Vermont.

• Professional Life she has written over 30 stories and peoms altogether.

• Major works http://www.bookreporter.com Some of her major works are How the Garcia girls lost their accents, Seven trees and Saving the World

• Awards won the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature**,**Benjamin T. Marshall Poetry Prize,Kenan grant from Phillips Andover Academy, poetry award from La Reina Press,Robert Frost Poetry fellowship from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Third Woman Press Award, first prize in narrative, ,award for younger writers from General Electric Foundation,Josephine Miles Award from PEN Oakland.

• Period and/or Style The period is modern and the style is to unveils powerful issues as the male chauvinism characteristic of Hispanic families, the role of women under dictatorships, and the misogyny manifested in political structures.

• Favorite Themeswww.Juliaalvarez.com One her favorite themes seem to be about being caught between to cultures.