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词条 Elizabeth Acevedo
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Bibliography

      As writer    Young adult novels    In anthologies    As audiobook narrator  

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{short description|American poet and author}}Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American poet and author.[1] She is the author of a young adult novel, The Poet X, a New York Times Bestseller[2] and National Book Award Finalist.[2]

Early life and education

Acevedo was born to Dominican immigrants and raised in New York.[1] She identifies as Afrolatina.[3][1] Acevedo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts from the George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland.[4]

Career

Acevedo is a previous National Slam Champion, as well as former head coach for the D.C. Youth Slam Team.[5] She taught 8th grade in Prince George's County, Maryland,[6] and was a 2010 Teach for America Corps member.[5]

Her debut novel, The Poet X, was published by HarperCollins in 2018.[7] A New York Times Bestseller,[8] the novel also won the 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award,[9] the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature[10] in the Teen category, and the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.[11] It was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize.[12] The novel also won the Michael L. Printz Award for 2019.[13]

Acevedo's Beastgirl and Other Myths was a finalist for YesYes Chapbook Prize, published in 2016.[5]

Acevedo is both a CantoMundo fellow[14] and Cave Canem fellow.[14] Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming from Poetry, Puerto Del Sol, Callaloo, and The Notre Dame Review, among others.

With the Fire on High is Acevedo's newest novel, forthcoming in May 2019.[15]

Bibliography

As writer

Young adult novels

  • Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths (YesYes Books, 2016)
  • The Poet X (HarperTeen, 2018)
  • With the Fire on High (HarperTeen, 2019)

In anthologies

  • Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths (YesYes Books, 2016)
  • Because I Was A Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages (Henry Holt, 2017) (with stories by Victoria Aveyard, Libba Bray, Melissa de la Cruz, Quvenzhané Wallis, Francesca Zambello)
  • Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism (OR Books, 2018) (with stories by Danielle Barnhart, Iris Mahan, Ryka Aoki, Rosebud Ben-Ori, Safia Elhillo, Jade Lascelles)
  • Ink Knows No Borders (Seven Stories, 2019) (with poems by Samira Ahmed, Erika L. Sánchez, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar, Chen Chen, Ada Limón, Kaveh Akbar, Hala Alyan, Safia Elhillo, Jenny Xie, and Bao Phi)

As audiobook narrator

  • Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Balzer+Bray, 2018)

See also

  • CantoMundo Fellows
  • Cave Canem Fellow

References

1. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/book-club/elizabeth-acevedo-debuts-first-novel-poet-x|title=EXCLUSIVE: Afro-Latina Slam Poet, Elizabeth Acevedo, Debuts First Novel 'Poet X'|work=LATINA|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2018#.W6-zDC3Mzk8|title=2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS LONGLIST FOR FICTION ANNOUNCED|website=www.nationalbook.org|access-date=2018-09-29}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/elizabeth-acevedo-the-poet-x-harper-collins-debut/|title=Elizabeth Acevedo's 'The Poet X' An Ode To Black Latinas: Interview|date=2018-03-15|work=Vibe|access-date=2018-10-01}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://blogthisrock.blogspot.com/2014/04/poem-of-week-elizabeth-acevedo.html|title=Split This Rock: Poem of the Week: Elizabeth Acevedo|last=Rock|first=Blog This|date=2014-04-11|website=Split This Rock|access-date=2018-09-29}}
5. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.projectvoice.co/gallery/elizabeth-acevedo-2|title=LIZ ACEVEDO—EMERITUS {{!}} PROJECT VOICE|website=www.projectvoice.co|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-29}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/76224-q-a-with-elizabeth-acevedo.html|title=Q & A with Elizabeth Acevedo|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062662804/the-poet-x/|title=The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo - Hardcover|work=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US}}
8. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/04/22/young-adult-hardcover/?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=EAB6850ABD67B3E134298C91B33AC872&gwt=pay|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - April 22, 2018 - The New York Times|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.hbook.com/2018/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/presenting-2018-bghb-award-winners/|title=Presenting the 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners|date=2018-05-31|work=The Horn Book|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en-US}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://diversebooks.org/wndb-announces-the-2019-walter-award-winners-honorees/|title=WNDB Announces the 2019 Walter Award Winners & Honorees!|date=2019-01-14|work=We Need Diverse Books|access-date=2019-01-15|language=en-US}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2018/?cat=ypl|title=National Book Foundation - 2018 National Book Awards|work=National Book Foundation|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en-US}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/2018-kirkus-prize-finalists/the-poet-x/|title=The 2018 Kirkus Prize Finalists (pg. 18)|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us|access-date=2018-09-29}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners|title=Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books|last=admin|date=2007-03-15|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}
14. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/elizabeth-acevedo|title=Spoken word poet Elizabeth Acevedo issues a challenge to rape culture|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-01}}
15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/books/2018/09/26/with-the-fire-on-high-elizabeth-acevedo-book-preview/|title=Exclusive: 'The Poet X' breakout author Elizabeth Acevedo previews her next book|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en}}

External links

  • Official website
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-DrDINervE Women of the World Poetry Slam 2016-- Elizabeth Acevedo "Hair"]
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