Stella Pope Duarte

Stella Pope Duarte
Born	South Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation	Novelist
Education	Arizona State University (BA, MA)
Notable awards	American Book Awards 2009 If I Die in Juarez

Stella Pope Duarte is a Latina American novelist.^[1]

Life

She graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. and MA in Educational Counseling. She taught at Arizona State University from 1999–2008, and South Mountain Community College.^[2] She was a member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts from 2006 to 2010.^[3]

Awards

• 2009 American Book Award, for If I Die in Juarez^[4]
• 2004 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award^[5]
• 2001 Arizona Commission on the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, for Let Their Spirits Dance^[6]
• 1997 Arizona Commission on the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, for Fragile Night^[6]

Works

• Fragile Night. Bilingual Review Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-927534-71-0.
• Let Their Spirits Dance. HarperCollins. 2003. ISBN 978-0-06-008948-1.
• If I Die in Juárez. University of Arizona Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8165-2492-1.
• Women Who Live in Coffee Shops and Other Stories. Arte Publico Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55885-600-4.

Anthology

• Eugenia Zukerman, ed. (2003). "Rosanna Pope". In My Mother's Closet. Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books. ISBN 978-1-893732-47-6.

References

1. "Stella Pope Duarte from HarperCollins Publishers". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
2. "SMCC Writer's Workshop Features Stella Pope Duarte, Dec. 12 / November 2009 / News Releases / About SMCC / South Mountain Community College". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
3. "La Bloga: Spotlight on Stella Pope Duarte". 10 March 2008.
4. "The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Thirtieth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS" (PDF). Before Columbus Foundation. September 9, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
5. "Grantees". Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
6. "Stella Pope Duarte". HarperCollins. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

External links

• Biography portal

• "Author's website"
• "Stella Pope Duarte", Superstition Review, Spring 2009
• "Spotlight on Stella Pope Duarte", La Bloga, March 10 2008
• "Stella Pope Duarte, A Writer's Call: Nowhere to Run", Barriozona Magazine, March 6 2006