Achy Obejas
Cuban-American writer and translator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Achy Obejas (born June 28, 1956) is a Cuban-American writer and translator focused on personal and national identity issues,[1] living in Benicia, California. She frequently writes on her sexuality and nationality, and has received numerous awards for her creative work. Obejas' stories and poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Fifth Wednesday Journal, TriQuarterly, Another Chicago Magazine and many other publications. Some of her work was originally published in Esto no tiene nombre, a Latina lesbian magazine published and edited by tatiana de la tierra, which gave voice to the Latina lesbian community.[2] Obejas worked as a journalist in Chicago for more than two decades. For several years, she was also a writer in residence at the University of Chicago, University of Hawaii, DePaul University, Wichita State University, and Mills College in Oakland, California. She also worked from 2019 to 2022 as a writer/editor for Netflix on the bilingual team in the Product Writing department.
Achy Obejas | |
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Born | (1956-06-28) June 28, 1956 (age 67) Havana, Cuba |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Nationality | Cuban, American |
Notable works | Days of Awe |
Notable awards | Lambda Literary Awards (x2) |
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Obejas practices activism through writing, by telling her own story about her identity, as well as others. The anthology Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories, written in collaboration with Megan Bayles, is a collection of stories that seeks to describe the experience of people who have emigrated to America. While most anthologies focus on one group, this anthology expands the perspective to multiple group identities.[3][4]