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American novelist (born 1980)
Justin Torres (born 1980) is an American novelist and an Associate Professor of English at University of California, Los Angeles .[1] First Novelist Award for his semi-autobiographical debut novel We the Animals Publishing Triangle Award finalist and a NAACP Image Award nominee. The novel has been adapted into a film of the same title and was awarded the Next Innovator Prize at the Sundance Film Festival .[2] Blackouts National Book Award for Fiction .[3]
Early life [ edit ]
Justin Torres was born to a father of Puerto Rican descent and a mother of Italian and Irish descent.[4] Baldwinsville , New York, as the youngest of three brothers.[5] [6] We the Animals is not an autobiography, Torres has said that the "hard facts" in the novel mirror his own life.[6] City of God by Gil Cuadros , published in 1994, reportedly helped him to come out as gay.[7] SUNY Purchase on scholarship but quickly dropped out.[8] The New School , which motivated him to start writing seriously.[5] [9]
In 2010, Torres received his master's degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop . He was a 2010–2012 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University .[10] United States Artists .[6] University of Leipzig 's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig , Germany.[11] McNally Jackson , a bookstore in Manhattan.[6] University of California, Los Angeles .[1] [12]
He has published short fiction for The New Yorker Granta Harper's Tin House Glimmer Train The Washington Post The Advocate The Guardian [13]
A film adaptation of We The Animals Sundance Film Festival ,[14] [2]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Torres' first novel, We the Animals [15] Indies Choice Book Awards (Adult Debut Honor Award) and was also a Publishing Triangle Award finalist and a NAACP Image Award nominee (Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author).[16] First Novelist Award .
Torres was named by Salon.com as one of the sexiest men of 2011.[17] National Book Foundation named him among their 5 under 35 young fiction writers.[18] [19]
His 2023 novel Blackouts historical fiction , dealing with queer identity and historical suppression of LGBT culture, won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction [20] Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction [21] Orwell Prize for Political Fiction .[22]
Torres received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024.[23]
Short stories [ edit ]
"Lessons". Granta . 104 . November 20, 2008.
"Reverting to a Wild State". The New Yorker . August 1, 2011.
"Starve a Rat". Harper's Magazine . October 2011.
"Fiction Issue: 'In the reign of King Moonracer' by Justin Torres". The Washington Post . November 15, 2013.
"Dark Mother", in Dismantle: an anthology of writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop (with contributors including Junot Díaz, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Andrea Walls, Adriana Castro Ramírez, Camille Acker, Marco Fernando Navarro). Philadelphia, PA. ISBN 0-9897474-1-7 , May 1, 2014.
"Where's My Wild Horse, Come to Rescue Me?". Flaunt . 125 .
Articles [ edit ]
"Breaking the Ice: What Russia's queer past has to tell us about the future". Out . September 3, 2013.
"The James Baldwin Message for Trans People". The Advocate . November 7, 2013.
"Derek Jarman's Alternative to The New Gay Credo" . The Advocate . March 13, 2014.
"In praise of Latin Night at the Queer Club". The Washington Post . June 13, 2016.
"Dog-walking for a wealthy narcissist". The New Yorker . Vol. 92, no. 32. October 10, 2016. p. 60.
"The Rust Belt whips and snaps after eight years of Obama". The Washington Post . January 13, 2017.
"Supportive Acts by Justin Torres". Bomb Magazine . September 7, 2017.
References [ edit ]
^ Harris, Elizabeth A.; Alter, Alexandra (November 15, 2023). "Justin Torres, Author of 'Blackouts,' Wins National Book Award for Fiction" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 20, 2023 .
^ Chai, Barbara (August 30, 2011). "Keeping It All in the Family" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ a b "Justin Torres, author of 'We the Animals' . SFGate . September 3, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ a b c d "Interview: Justin Torres, author of 'We the Animals' . Electric Literature . August 19, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
^ Waters, Sarah; White, Edmund; Winterson, Jeanette; Kay, Jackie; Callow, Simon; Donoghue, Emma (July 1, 2017). " . the Guardian . Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
^ Waldman, Katy (December 31, 2023). "Justin Torres's Art of Exposure and Concealment" . The New Yorker .
^ McDonnell, Tim. "Justin Torres' Hard-Knock Debut Novel" . Mother Jones . Retrieved November 8, 2018 .
^ "Stanford Creative Writing Program" . Stanford.edu. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011 .
^ American Studies Leipzig (March 7, 2016). "Next Picador Professor Justin Torres" . Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
^ "Torres, Justin" . UCLA.edu. Retrieved April 7, 2024 .
^ "National Book Foundation Author Bio" . National Book Foundation . Retrieved November 18, 2023 .
^ Schoenbrun, Dan. "The 50 Most Anticipated American Films of 2017 | Filmmaker Magazine" . Filmmaker Magazine . Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
^ Salvatore, Joseph (September 23, 2011). "We the Animals — By Justin Torres — Book Review" . The New York Times .
^ "Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study Harvard University Fellows: Justin Torres " Harvard.edu. Retrieved 10-07-13.
^ "Salon's Sexiest Men of 2011 | Slide Show" . Salon.com . Retrieved November 20, 2011 .
^ Justin Torres at National Book Foundation.
^ The National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" Fiction, 2012
^ "National Book Awards 2023" . National Book Foundation .
^ "Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards" . them. . Retrieved April 5, 2024 .
^ "Orwell Prizes 2024 shortlists announced" . Books+Publishing. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024 .
^ "Announcements – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…" . May 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024.
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