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Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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Ingrid Rojas Contreras[edit]

Biography[edit]

Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia.[1] She is known for her memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds (Doubleday, 2022) and her novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree (Anchor, 2018). Rojas Contreras is an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco.[2]

Publications[edit]

Rojas Contreras' essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine,[3] Buzzfeed,[4] Guernica,[5] LitHub,[6] and Travel + Leisure,[7] among others.

Awards[edit]

Rojas Contreras' first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree was the silver medal winner in First Fiction from the California Book Awards[8] and a New York Times Editor's Choice.[9]

Rojas Contreras has received numerous awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf Writer's Conference,[10] VONA,[11] Hedgebrook, the Camargo Foundation, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. [9]

References[edit]

  1. "Ingrid Rojas Contreras". www.ingridrojascontreras.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. "Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Assistant Professor". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. Rojas Contreras, Ingrid (26 May 2021). "This Centuries-Old Trick Will Unlock Your Productivity". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. Rojas Conteras, Ingrid (5 September 2018). "The Best Thing My Psychic Mom Taught Me Is No One Wants To Hear The Truth". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. Rojas Contreras, Ingrid (15 October 2014). "Ghost House". Guernica. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. Rojas Contreras, Ingrid (27 October 2022). "Ingrid Rojas Contreras on What's Gained by Losing Language". LitHub. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. Rojas Contreras, Ingrid (15 October 2022). "Seeing Cartagena Through the Eyes of Colombia's Most Famous Magical Realist". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. Rafner, Riki (8 May 2019). "The 2019 California Book Awards Honors Eleven Outstanding Books by California Authors". Commonwealth Club. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Ingrid Rojas Contreras". Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. Bhanoo, Sindya N. (14 November 2019). "Bread Loaf Ends 'Wait Scholar' Program". New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. "VONA Craft Intensives". VONA. Retrieved 2 November 2022.


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