Claire Jimenez is a Puerto Rican writer who grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York.[1] She is the author of the short story collection Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019) and the novel What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez (Grand Central, 2023),[2] which was favorably reviewed by the Associated Press, USA Today,[3] and Kirkus Reviews,[4] and won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[5][6] Jimenez was also named a finalist for the International Latino Book Awards[7] and won Best Latino Book of 2019 by NBC News.[7]
Jimenez co-founded the Puerto Rican Literature Project in 2019.[8] In 2019 her book Staten Island Stories won the Hornblower Award for a first book from the New York Society Library.[9] She has an MFA from Vanderbilt University[7] and in 2022 Jimenez earned a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in ethnic studies and digital humanities from University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[9]
Jimenez is an assistant professor and McCausland Faculty Fellow at University of South Carolina.[10]
Her essays have appeared in Afro-Hispanic Review and The Rumpus.[8]
References
edit- ^ Castillo, Amaris (2023-08-11). "Claire Jiménez on the Interiority of Puerto Rican Motherhood. In Conversation with Amaris Castillo". Raising Mothers. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ VanDenburgh, Barbara. "Claire Jimenez's 'What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez' is our must-read new book of the week". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Review: Novel 'Ruthy Ramirez' flips true crime on its head". AP News. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez". Kirkus Reviews. December 23, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ Meader, Laura. "Claire Jiménez '06 Wins 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". news.colby.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Claire Jiménez's "What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez" wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". The Independent. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b c "What happens when a 'Brown girl' goes missing?". Al Día News. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b "2024 Clemson Literary Festival Authors". 2024 Clemson Literary Festival Authors. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b "Jiménez longlisted for PEN/Faulkner Award". www.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Claire Jimenez - Department of English Language and Literature". sc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-04.