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Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz (/ˈdʒuːnoʊ/ JOO-noh; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a former fiction editor at Boston Review. Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience, particularly the Latino immigrant experience.

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Education
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA) · Cornell University (MFA)
Born
(1968-12-31) December 31, 1968 (age 57) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Literary movement
Afro-Surrealism
Notable awards
Guggenheim Fellowship (1999) National Book Critics Circle Award (2007) Pulitzer Prize (2008) MacArthur Fellowship (2012) Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters (2017)
Occupations
Novelist · professor · writer
Years active
1995–present

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Occupations · 3
Junot Díaz → Novelist, professor, writer
Education · 2
Junot Díaz → Cornell University (MFA), Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)
Born · 1
Junot Díaz → (1968-12-31) December 31, 1968 (age 57) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Literary movement · 1
Junot Díaz → Afro-Surrealism
Notable awards · 1
Junot Díaz → Guggenheim Fellowship (1999) National Book Critics Circle Award (2007) Pulitzer Prize (2008) MacArthur Fellowship (2012) Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters (2017)
Website · 1
Junot Díaz → junotdiaz.com
Years active · 1
Junot Díaz → 1995–present

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Junot DíazBorn(1968-12-31) December 31, 1968 (age 57) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic1.00infobox
Junot DíazEducationRutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)1.00infobox
Junot DíazEducationCornell University (MFA)1.00infobox
Junot DíazLiterary movementAfro-Surrealism1.00infobox
Junot DíazNotable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1999) National Book Critics Circle Award (2007) Pulitzer Prize (2008) MacArthur Fellowship (2012) Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters (2017)1.00infobox
Junot DíazOccupationsNovelist1.00infobox
Junot DíazOccupationsprofessor1.00infobox
Junot DíazOccupationswriter1.00infobox
Junot DíazWebsitejunotdiaz.com1.00infobox
Junot DíazYears active1995–present1.00infobox
those against Díaz within a larger political contextinstance ofwrote an essay in The New York Times placing allegations of sexual assault0.80text
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