Person Detail: Helen Barolini
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| Full Name: Helen Barolini | ||
| Biography: Helen Barolini was born and grew up in Syracuse, NY and graduated from Syracuse University. She did work at the University of London and traveled in Europe as a special columnist for the Syracuse Herald-Journal. In Italy she met and married fellow journalist and writer, Antonio Barolini. During her residence in Italy, she translated Italian authors, wrote a radio-drama on the nineteenth century American feminist and newspaper correspondent, Margaret Fuller, and received a prize for literary journalism. Helen Barolini received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in creative writing that led to the completion of her first novel, Umbertina, recently re-issued by the Feminist Press and now published in an Italian edition. She is the author of six other books and many stories and essays which have appeared in many journals, collections, and anthologies. She has been cited in Best American Essays for 1991, 1993, and 1999; and "How I Learned to Speak Italian: is included in Best American Essays 1998. Cross-cultural themes are a strong part of her work both in fiction and non-fiction as well as her emphasis on the ongoing search for self-definition. She has recently received the MELUS 2000 award for her contribution to the multi-cultural literature of the United States, and has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. TITLE OF BOOK: More Italian Hours, and Other Stories, Bordighera Press, 2001- ISBN 1-884419-48-8 PUBLISHER: Bordighera Press, Boca Raton, FL 33431; order from Small Press Distribution, 1341 Seventh Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-1403; Telephone: 800-869-7553 - email: http://www.spd@igc.apc.org - Book delivery can be discussed when contact is made |
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| Category: | N.Y.S. | |
| Travel Range: | to New York City and to tri-state region (NY, NJ, CT) within 100 miles distance of writer's home | |
| Transportation: | car | |
| Dates Available: | Writer is available anytime | |
| Fees: | Negotiable but minimum is $100-$150 plus travel, lodging and meals | |
| Contact Information: |
NY Email: helenbarolini@juno.com |
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| Author's Timeline: | ||
| 1979 |
(Unknown) County "Umbertina" |
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| 1989 |
Chemung County Barolini was a writer-in-residence at the Mark Twain Quarry Farm Center at Elmira College, Elmira, New York. |
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| 2001 |
(Unknown) County "More Italian Hours, and Other Stories" (Pub: Bordighera Press ISBN: 1-884419-48-8) |
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Onondaga County Barolini was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. |
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Onondaga County Barolini graduated from Syracuse University. |
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