Achy Obejas is a Cuban-American writer and translator focused on personal and national identity issues, living in Benicia, California. She frequently writes on her sexuality and nationality, and has received numerous awards for her creative work.
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Elana DykewomonAlso won Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
Dawn Clark NetschAlso won Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of FameMary WingsAlso won Lambda Literary AwardMichael Thomas FordAlso won Lambda Literary Award
Farzana DoctorAlso won Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
Jeannette Howard FosterAlso won Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of FameAbout this person
Achy Obejas is a Cuban-American writer and translator focused on personal and national identity issues, living in Benicia, California. She frequently writes on her sexuality and nationality, and has received numerous awards for her creative work. Obejas' stories and poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Fifth Wednesday Journal, TriQuarterly, Another Chicago Magazine and many other publications. Some of her work was originally published in Esto no tiene nombre, a Latina lesbian magazine published and edited by tatiana de la tierra, which gave voice to the Latina lesbian community. Obejas worked as a journalist in Chicago for more than two decades. For several years, she was also a writer in residence at the University of Chicago, University of Hawaii, DePaul University, Wichita State University, and Mills College in Oakland, California. She also worked from 2019 to 2022 as a writer/editor for Netflix on the bilingual team in the Product Writing department.
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