Loida Maritza Pérez (born 1963) is a Dominican American author. She is most known for her 1999 novel Geographies of Home.[1]
Loida Maritza Pérez
Born
1963 (age 60–61) Dominican Republic
Occupation
Author
Nationality
Dominican American
Biographyedit
Loida Maritza Pérez was born in the Dominican Republic in 1963. Rafael Trujillo's reign over the island had ended two years prior and the nation's political status was uncertain, leading many families to emigrate. Loida Maritza Pérez's family left for the United States when she was three years old, where they settled in the Bronx in New York City. She grew up in the Bronx and the location features heavily in her writings.[2]
Careeredit
Loida Maritza Pérez began her writing career as an undergraduate at Cornell. During an autobiographical class then taught by Henry Louise Gates, she produced the short story that became her novel Geographies of Home (1999).[3] She has also taught writing workshops and contributed to the publications Bomb, Latina, and Callaloo.[2] Her writing has drawn comparisons to other Dominican American writers of her generation such as Angie Cruz, Nelly Rosario, and Junot Díaz, a group that is often seen as following in the footsteps of writer Julia Álvarez.[4] Loida Maritza Pérez's works deal with the themes of intergenerational trauma, diaspora, displacement, and more. She has received awards for her work from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Pauline and Henry Louis Gates fellowship, El Diario, and Ucross Foundation.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Perez, Loida Maritza". The Greenwood encyclopedia of Latino literature. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press. 2008. p. 868. ISBN978-0-313-33970-7.
^ ab"Voices from the Gaps: Loida Maritza Pérez". University of Minnesota. 2005.
^"Novelist Loida Maritza Pérez, '87, to speak at Latino Studies Program Eighth Annual Unity Dinner Friday, Oct. 20 | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^Coonrod Martínez, Elizabeth (March 2007). "Julia Álvarez: Progenitor of a Movement". Americas: 6–13.
^"CLR Oral Histories: Loida Maritza Pérez". Diálogo. 15 (2). Center for Latino Research, DePaul University. Fall 2012.
April 18, 2024
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