PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2011) Winner
Brando Skyhorse
ブランド・スカイホース
Burando Sukaihōsu
Aliases:
Brandon Kelly Ulloa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Echo Park, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Echo Park, California → Stanford University, California → University of California, Irvine → Bloomington, Indiana
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, Associate Professor of English, book editor
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington, Skyhorse Publishing
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of California, Irvine | — | MFA Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
Stanford University
Country:
United States
University of California, Irvine
MFA Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PEN/Hemingway Award | The Madonnas of Echo Park | — | PEN America | winner |
| 2011 | Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction | The Madonnas of Echo Park | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
PEN/Hemingway Award
2011
Work:
The Madonnas of Echo Park
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
2011
Work:
The Madonnas of Echo Park
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Madonnas of Echo Park
2011 novelA novel of interconnected stories about the Latino denizens of Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood.
ethnic identityimmigrationfamily
Take This Man: A Memoir
2014 memoirA memoir uncovering his mother's multiple reinventions and his own identity struggles.
familyidentitymotherhood
My Name Is Iris
2023 novelA dystopian novel about immigrant identity and surveillance.
immigrationidentitydystopia
Bibliography
- The Madonnas of Echo Park (2011)
- Take This Man: A Memoir (2014)
- My Name Is Iris (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- vivid character portraitsinterlinked narrative structure
- Recurring Motifs
- exploration of ethnic identityfamily complexityshadows of the American Dream
Legacy
Known for works exploring complex ethnic identities, winner of the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award and Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
Trivia
- Raised believing he was Native American due to his mother's false claims; actually Mexican-American.
- Birth name is Brandon Kelly Ulloa.
- Skyhorse Publishing, where he worked, is named after him.