Giannina Braschi
Giannina Braschi | |
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| Born | February 5, 1953 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Period | 1981–present |
| Genre | poetry, theater, novel, political philosophy |
| Subject | Immigration, independence, Capitalism, terrorism, Puerto Rico, revolution, love, American imperialism, September 11 attacks |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism, Postcolonialism, Nuyorican, McOndo, Hysterical Realism |
| Notable works | Yo-Yo Boing!; Empire of Dreams; United States of Banana; Putinoika |
| Notable awards | National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, PEN/Open Book Award, New York Foundation for the Arts, Danforth Scholarship, Ford Foundation, Rutgers Faculty Grant, Angela Y. Davis Award, Fray Luis de León Medal for Ibero-American Poetry , Enrique Anderson Imbert Award from the North American Academy of the Spanish Language |
| Relatives | Miguel Braschi, brother |
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Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include Empire of Dreams (1988), Yo-Yo Boing! (1998), United States of Banana (2011), and Putinoika (2024).
Braschi writes cross-genre literature and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. Her work is a hybrid of poetry, metafiction, postdramatic theatre, memoir, manifesto, and political philosophy. Her writings explore the enculturation journey of Hispanic immigrants, and dramatize the three main political options of Puerto Rico: independence, colony, and state.