Gina Apostol

Gina Apostol (born 1963) is a Philippines-born writer based in the United States.[1][2][3]

author photo by Margarita Corporan

Early life and education

Born Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol, the author was born in Manila and grew up in Tacloban, Leyte. She was the second of children raised by their artist-mother Virginia. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman and earned a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University.[4]

Career

Her American debut novel, Gun Dealers' Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award[2] and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.[5] She found out about the PEN/Open Book nomination on the same day she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and found out she had won on her way to undergoing surgery - a bilateral mastectomy.[1]

Her 2018 novel, Insurrecto, was one of Publishers Weekly's 2018 Ten Best Books,[6] and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[7] Portions of her short story, “The Unintended,” which was published in the Manila Noir anthology edited by Jessica Hagedorn, appear in the novel.[8]

Her first two novels, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, both won the Philippine National Book Award Juan C. Laya Prize for the Novel.[9]

She has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books,[10] The New York Times,[11][12][13] and Foreign Policy.[14]

In an interview, Apostol said that her current favorite novelist is Elena Ferrante.[15]

Literary works
  • Bibliolepsy (1997, University of Philippines Press: ISBN 9789715421379)
  • The Revolution According to Raymundo (2009, Manila: Anvil ISBN 9789715421379; 2020, New York: Soho Press: ISBN 9781641291835)
  • Gun Dealers' Daughter (2010, Manila: Anvil; 2012, Norton: ISBN 9780393062946)
  • Insurrecto (2018, Soho Press: ISBN 978-1616959449)

References
  1. De Vera, Ruel S. (21 April 2014). "Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda'". inquirer.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. "Gina Apostol". Center for Art and Thought. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. "Gina Apostol". Filipino American Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. "Breaking Down American Barriers: Meet Gina Apostol". Singapore Literature Festival in NYC. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. "Press release: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2014 Shortlist". Stanford Libraries. Stanford. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. "Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018". Year-End Lists. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. "Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019 Shortlist". Short List. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata (2013). Manila Noir. ISBN 9781617751608. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  9. "Award Winning Books". NBDB. NBDB. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  10. "Gina Apostol". Contributors. LARB. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  11. "Speaking in Fascism's Tongues". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  12. "Surrender, Oblivion, Survival". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  13. "In the Philippines, Haunted by History". Op-ed. New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  14. "Gina Apostol". Authors. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  15. https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/literature/2019/8/9/gina-apostol-interview.html


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