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Personal life edit
Diaz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he was two, his family moved to Sweden after the military coup.[1] His family returned to Argentina after democracy was restored in 1983. Diaz was interested in writing at an early age, and even "pretended" to write, showing his parents his "stories."[2] After obtaining a BA in Literature (Licenciatura en Letras) in the University of Buenos Aires, Diaz moved to London to study a MA degree at King's College.[3] Diaz moved to New York in 1999 for additional studies. He received his PhD from New York University, advised by Avital Ronell and Sylvia Molloy. He filed a dissertation on a topic that straddles comparative literature, Latin American literature, and philosophy.[4][5][6]
When he was two, his family moved to Sweden after the military coup.[1]
Works edit
Borges, Between History and Eternity (2012) edit
Borges, Between History and Eternity was published by Continuum on August 2, 2012. The book considers "key aspects of Borges's work--the reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the incipient program for a literature of the Americas."[7]
In the Distance (2017) edit
In the Distance was published on October 10, 2017 by Coffee House Press.
Publishers Weekly,[8] Feminist Press,[9] PANK,[10] and The Paris Review[11] named it one of the top books of 2017, and Literary Hub named it one of "The 20 Best Novels of the Decade."[12]
The book has received the following accolades:
- William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for Fiction (2018)[13]
- VCU Cabell First Novelist Award (2018)[14]
- Prix Page America Award (2018)[15]
- New American Voices Award (2018)[16]
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2018)[17]
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist (2018)[18]
Trust (2022) edit
Trust was published by Riverhead Books on May 3, 2022. It received the 2022 Kirkus Prize[19] and 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Short stories edit
- "The Wife of the Lion" (2018) in The Kenyon Review
- "1,111 Emblems" (2018) in Playboy
- "‘I Am Going to Speak to You about Anxiety’" (2018) in Granta
- "The Stay" (2018) in The Paris Review
- "Triptych" (2023) in Harper's Magazine
Essays edit
- "Let me tell you a true story" (2023) on BookPage
- "The Heart of Fiction: Storytelling, experience, and truth" (2021) in The Yale Review
- "Tove Jansson on Writer’s Block" (2019) in The Paris Review
- "Tove Jansson’s 'The Island'" (2019) in The Paris Review
- "Who Gets to Be a Mad Scientist?" (2018) in The Paris Review
- "On Frankenstein, A Monster of a Book" (2018) in The Paris Review
- "We stigmatize accents, but language belongs to everyone" (2018) on PBS NewsHour
- "On Making Oneself Less Unreadable" (2017) in The Paris Review
- "If I Had a Sense of Beauty" (2017) in The Paris Review
- "Monument" on Kadist
References edit
- ^ a b Downes, Lawrence (2018-05-02). "A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Beard, Alison (2024-05-01). "Life's Work: An Interview with Hernan Diaz". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "We stigmatize accents, but language belongs to everyone". PBS NewsHour. 2018-07-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Bio". Hernan Diaz. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Between the Covers Hernan Diaz Interview". Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ https://bobcat.library.nyu.edu/permalink/f/ci13eu/nyu_aleph003147773
- ^ "Borges, Between History and Eternity | Seminary Co-op Bookstores". www.semcoop.com. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "FP Staff Picks: The Best Books of 2017". Feminist Press. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Best Books of 2017". [PANK]. 2017-12-21. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "The Paris Review Staff's Favorite Books of 2017". The Paris Review. 2017-12-22. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Temple, Emily (2019-12-23). "The 20 Best Novels of the Decade". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ ""In the Distance" and "On Trails" win the 2018 Stanford Libraries' William Saroyan International Prize for Writing". William Saroyan Foundation. 2019-01-14. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Downes, Lawrence (2018-05-02). "A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "C.K. Williams Reading Series: Hernan Diaz". Lewis Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "The New American Voices Award". Institute for Immigration Research. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Past Award Winners & Finalists". The PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "2022 Winners". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-05.