Rosina Lippi

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Rosina Lippi

Pen Names: Rosina Lippi-Green（Used for linguistics works）, Rosina Lippi（Used for literary and contemporary fiction）, Sara Donati（Used for historical fiction）

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1956-01-14 （Chicago, Illinois, U.S.）
Nationality: American
Languages: English
Residence History: Chicago, Illinois → Vorarlberg, Austria

Career

Occupations: Novelist, Linguist
Active Years: 1997-
Affiliations: University of Michigan
Nominations: Orange Prize shortlist (1999, Homestead)

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
University of Illinois Chicago	—	Linguistics	—	—	United States
Princeton University	—	Linguistics	PhD	1987	United States

University of Illinois Chicago

Linguistics

Country: United States

Princeton University

Linguistics

Degree: PhD

Period: 1987

Year of Graduation: 1987

Country: United States

Dissertation: Variation leading to change in rural Alemannic

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1999	Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award	Homestead	—	PEN America	winner

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

1999

Work: Homestead

Organization: PEN America

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel 1 appearances

Edition 24 (1999) Winner

Works

Major Works

Homestead

1998 Literary Fiction

A novel set in an isolated Austrian village

familyimmigrationrural life

Into the Wilderness

1998 Historical Romance

Story of Hawkeye's descendants in 1792 New York State

Native Americansloveadventure

English with an Accent

1997 Linguistics

Study of language, ideology, and discrimination in the US

language discriminationaccents

Style & Themes

Literary Style: detailed historical descriptionsrealistic dialogue
Recurring Motifs: family bondsNative American culture

Legacy

Known as linguist, created popular historical fiction series. Won PEN Award for Homestead

Trivia

Father was Italian immigrant
Fiber artist
Makes polymer clay jewelry