Nelly Rosario
Encyclopedia
Nelly Rosario is a Dominican American
novelist and creative writing instructor in the MFA Program at Texas State University
in San Marcos.
Rosario was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn
. She received a B.A. in engineering from MIT and an M.F.A. in fiction from Columbia University
.
After the debut of her novel Song of the Water Saints, Rosario was described by Julia Alvarez
as "a Caribbean Scheherazade
."
Dominican American
A Dominican American is any American who has origins in the Dominican Republic.Immigration records of Dominicans in the United States date from the late 19th century, and New York City has had a Dominican community since the 1930s...
novelist and creative writing instructor in the MFA Program at Texas State University
Texas State University MFA
The Texas State University MFA Program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas is a three-year graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. Fiction writer Tom Grimes is currently the director of the program. The faculty includes many award winning writers...
in San Marcos.
Rosario was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. She received a B.A. in engineering from MIT and an M.F.A. in fiction from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
After the debut of her novel Song of the Water Saints, Rosario was described by Julia Alvarez
Julia Álvarez
Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country.Alvarez rose to...
as "a Caribbean Scheherazade
Scheherazade
Scheherazade , sometimes Scheherazadea, Persian transliteration Shahrazad or Shahrzād is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights.-Narration :...
."
Awards and Honors
- 1997: Winner, Hurston/Wright Foundation Award in Fiction
- 2001: Named a “Writer on the Verge” by the Village Voice Literary Supplement
- 2002: Winner, Pen Open Book Award
- 2003: Finalist, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Debut Fiction
- 2008: Recipient, The Sherwood Anderson FoundationSherwood Anderson FoundationThe Sherwood Anderson Foundation is an organization founded by the children and grandchildren of American short story writer and novelist Sherwood Anderson that gives grants to emerging writers...
Award for Fiction