Junot Díaz - The Distinguished Writer Series

THE NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE PRESENTS: Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers College, he is the Author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book critics Circle Award, the Anisfield- Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African voices, Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize XXII and in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2009. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award in 2012, and his most recent work This Is How You Lose Her, a collection of connected short stories, was nominated for the National Book Award. Junot Díaz visited Wellesley to read from his work and speak at the Newhouse Center for the Humanities on February 12, 2013. *Please be advised that Junot Díaz occasionally uses strong language in this recording.