When and where was Junot Díaz born?
Junot Díaz was born on the 31st of December 1968 in Santo Domingo. His family moved to Parlin, New Jersey six years later.
Questions about Junot Díaz
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What books did Junot Díaz write about the character Yunior?
Junot Díaz created the character Yunior as part of his Master of Fine Arts application materials in the early 1990s. This narrator appears across multiple books including Drown and This Is How You Lose Her.
Which award did Junot Díaz win for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in 2008?
The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2008. Critics named it the best novel of 2007 by both Time and New York Magazine.
Why did the Dominican Republic revoke Junot Díaz's Order of Merit award from 2009?
The Consul General of the Dominican Republic in New York labeled Díaz anti-Dominican after he co-authored an op-ed piece with Edwidge Danticat to The New York Times condemning deportation policies on the 20th of November 1999.
Who confronted Junot Díaz about inappropriate behavior in May 2018?
Author Zinzi Clemmons publicly confronted Díaz about forcibly cornering and kissing her. Writers Carmen Maria Machado and Monica Byrne shared their own accounts of belittling behavior on Twitter.