Sandra Cisneros
Autor/a de The House on Mango Street
Sobre l'autor
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 20, 1954. She received a B.A. in English from Loyola University of Chicago in 1976 and a M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Iowa in 1978. She has worked as a college recruiter, an arts administrator, a teacher to high school mostra'n més dropouts, and a poet. She has also visited numerous colleges around the country as a visiting writer. She has written numerous books including The House on Mango Street, Caramelo, Loose Woman, Have You Seen Marie?, and A House of My Own: Stories from My Life. She has received numerous awards including the MacArthur Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Lannan Literary Award, the American Book Award, and the Thomas Wolfe Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Ruben Guzman
Obres de Sandra Cisneros
Eleven 5 exemplars
Huizache 4 4 exemplars
Eleven and Papa who wakes up tired in the dark: Two short stories by Sandra Cisneros (2013) 2 exemplars
Barbie-Q 2 exemplars
Mericans [short story] 1 exemplars
Cisneros, Sandra Archive 1 exemplars
Cisneros Sandra 1 exemplars
Machu Picchu 1 exemplars
Érase un hombre, érase una mujer 1 exemplars
Woman Hollering Creek ("Eleven") 1 exemplars
La Casa en Mango Street 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Col·laborador — 495 exemplars
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Col·laborador — 339 exemplars
Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students (Teaching for Social Justice Series) (1994) — Pròleg — 167 exemplars
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation (2017) — Col·laborador — 164 exemplars
Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers (1994) — Col·laborador — 119 exemplars
Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American (1999) — Col·laborador — 100 exemplars
Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Col·laborador — 70 exemplars
More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars
Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure, True Grit, and Real Life (1997) — Col·laborador — 46 exemplars
Women in the Trees: U.S. Women's Short Stories About Battering and Resistance, 1839-1994 (1996) — Col·laborador — 39 exemplars
The Haves & Have Nots: 30 Stories About Money & Class In America (1999) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (Southwestern Writers Collection) (2006) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
America Writes: Learning English through American Short Stories (1997) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Discovering Fiction Level 2 Student's Book: A Reader of North American Short Stories (2012) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
The Art of Life: An Anthology of Literature about Life and Work (1997) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Cisneros, Sandra
- Data de naixement
- 1954-12-20
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Llocs de residència
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Educació
- Loyola University (BA|1976)
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA:1978) - Professions
- poet
short-story writer
teacher
college recruiter
arts administrator - Premis i honors
- Lannan Literary Award (Fiction, 1991)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2003)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2022)
Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award (2023) - Agent
- Susan Bergholz Literary Services
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Which house? (1)
Literary Witches (3)
Deathreads (1)
Carole's List (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Five star books (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
KW Wishlist (1)
100 New Classics (1)
Female Author (1)
AP Lit (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 29
- També de
- 51
- Membres
- 15,697
- Popularitat
- #1,448
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 357
- ISBN
- 186
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 33
- Pedres de toc
- 295
While I can understand the cultural significance and the literary value this book holds, on a more personal level I can't say that I enjoyed it. I tried approaching this from an open mind and more laid back perspective, but it didn't work. It may have been my subconscious trying to find things that I could factor into my lessons, or the fact that reading this is Spanish was complete different than reading it in English (the original language it was written in). Whatever it was, I did have a hard time wanting to finish it. If it wasn't for the reading challenge I would have filed this under my dnf pile. I will give [a:Elena Poniatowska|32135|Elena Poniatowska|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1203572583p2/32135.jpg] credit for her translation of this book though! I think if it had been anyone else, the translation wouldn't have done it justice.
Now in terms of the content, I will say this book has a lot to offer especially given the perspective of a young Chicana growing up in Chicago. This book is a good book. It teaches the reader a lot about what Chican@s go through in a country in which racism is prevalent and opportunities aren't always easy to come by. Lastly, one thing that [a:Sandra Cisneros|13234|Sandra Cisneros|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1342038396p2/13234.jpg] does really well is experiment with different literary forms. It definitely took me a couple of rereading of certain vignettes to fully understand what was happening.
Overall, it's a good read. Worth a try I'd say.… (més)