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[[File:Poets Wash Square NYC Poetry Rally December 20, 2014 34 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Gina Apostol attends a rally at Washington Square, New York in December 2014]]
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'''Gina Apostol''' (born 1963) is a Philippines-born writer based in the United States.<ref name=devera>{{cite web | url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/157460/philippine-novelist-wins-us-book-award-amid-cancer-and-yolanda/ | accessdate=10 April 2017 | title=Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda' | date=21 April 2014 | last=De Vera | first=Ruel S. |website=inquirer.net}}</ref><ref name=cat>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=http://www.centerforartandthought.org/work/contributor/gina-apostol|publisher=Center for Art and Thought|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=museum>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=http://www.filipinoamericanmuseum.com/fp/gina-apostol/|publisher=Filipino American Museum|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref>
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Gina Apostol
| birth_name = Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol
| alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] (BA)<br />[[Johns Hopkins University]] (MA)
| image = Gina Apostol Author Portrait by Margarita Corporan .jpg
| caption = Photo by Margarita Corporan
| birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
| notable_works = ''Gun Dealers' Daughter'' (2013) <br /> ''[[Insurrecto]]'' (2018)
| website = {{URL|ginaapostol.com/}}
| spouse = Arne Tangherlini (died 1998)
| awards = [[Philippine National Book Awards]] (1997, 2010) <br />
[[PEN/Open Book]] (2013)
}}
'''Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol''' (born 1963) is a [[Filipinos|Filipino]]-born writer based in the [[United States]].<ref name="devera">{{cite web|last=De Vera|first=Ruel S.|date=April 21, 2014|title=Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda'|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/157460/philippine-novelist-wins-us-book-award-amid-cancer-and-yolanda/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref><ref name=cat>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=http://www.centerforartandthought.org/work/contributor/gina-apostol|publisher=Center for Art and Thought|access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=museum>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=http://www.filipinoamericanmuseum.com/fp/gina-apostol/|publisher=Filipino American Museum|access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> She won the 2023 [[Rome Prize]] in Literature for her proposed novel, ''The Treatment of Paz''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=House commends novelist Gina Apostol for winning Rome Prize |url=https://politics.com.ph/2023/01/27/house-commends-novelist-gina-apostol-for-winning-rome-prize/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=politics.com.ph |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Acclaimed Filipino Writer Gina Apostol Bags Rome Prize, Teases Upcoming Novels |author=Suralta, B. |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/books-and-art/filipino-writer-gina-apostol-rome-prize-literature-a2765-20220519 |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=EsquireMag.ph |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Born Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol,{{cn|date=February 2020}} the author was born in [[Manila]] and grew up in [[Tacloban]]. She was the second of children raised by their artist-mother Virginia. She graduated from the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] and earned a master's degree in creative writing at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=10 April 2017 | title=Breaking Down American Barriers: Meet Gina Apostol | website=Singapore Literature Festival in NYC | url=http://www.singaporeliteraturefestival.com/2016/06/15/breaking-down-american-barriers-meet-gina-apostol/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523112029/http://www.singaporeliteraturefestival.com/2016/06/15/breaking-down-american-barriers-meet-gina-apostol/|archive-date=23 May 2017 | date=15 June 2016}}</ref>
Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol was born in [[Manila]] the second child of her mother, Virginia. She grew up in [[Tacloban]], [[Leyte (province)|Leyte]], where she studied at Divine World College. Afterwards, she earned a bachelor's degree from the [[University of the Philippines Diliman|University of the Philippines, Diliman]], and a master's degree in creative writing from [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="devera" />


===Literary career===
Her American debut novel, ''Gun Dealer's Daughter'', won the 2013 [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref name=cat /> and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2014 Shortlist|url=https://library.stanford.edu/news/2014/05/press-release-william-saroyan-international-prize-writing-2014-shortlist|website=Stanford Libraries|publisher=Stanford|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref> She found out about the [[PEN/Open Book]] nomination on the same day she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and found out she had won on her way to undergoing surgery - a bilateral mastectomy.<ref name=devera>{{cite web | url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/157460/philippine-novelist-wins-us-book-award-amid-cancer-and-yolanda/ | accessdate=10 April 2017 | title=Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda' | date=21 April 2014 | last=De Vera | first=Ruel S. |website=inquirer.net}}</ref>
Apostol's debut novel ''Bibliolepsy'', published by the [[University of the Philippines Press]], won the 1997 [[Philippine National Book Awards|Philippine National Book Award]] for Fiction. The novel is set in Manila in the 1980s, during the dictatorship of [[Ferdinand Marcos]] up to the [[1986 People Power Revolution]]. On its first run, the novel sold out and went out of print. It was republished in the United States by [[Soho Press]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Novey|first=Idra|date=January 4, 2022|title=Craving books, sex and revolution|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/books/review/bibliolepsy-gina-apostol.html|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lodestar|first=Danton Remoto|date=November 6, 2021|title='Bibliolepsy' goes to the world|work=[[The Philippine Star]]|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2021/11/06/2139257/bibliolepsy-goes-world|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>


Her second novel, ''The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata'' won the 2010 [[Philippine National Book Awards|Philippine National Book Award]] for Fiction, as well as the biannual Gintong Aklat Award. It was republished in the United States by Soho Press in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Boyagoda|first=Randy|date=January 12, 2021|title=A Filipino freedom fighter's life, relentlessly annotated|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/books/review/gina-apostol-revolution-raymundo-mata.html|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>
Her 2018 novel, ''Insurrecto'', was one of [[Publishers' Weekly]]'s 2018 Ten Best Books<ref>{{cite web|title=Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018|url=https://www.yearendlists.com/2018/12/publishers-weekly-10-best-books-of-2018|website=Year-End Lists|publisher=Publishers' Weekly|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>, and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019 Shortlist|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2403|website=Short List|publisher=Publishers' Weekly|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref> Portions of her short story, “The Unintended,” which was published in the ''Manila Noir'' anthology edited by [[Jessica Hagedorn]], appear in the novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manila Noir|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Manila_Noir.html?id=YYPWjZ6tVckC&redir_esc=y Manila Noir|website=Google Books|publisher=Google|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>


Her first two novels, ''Bibliolepsy'' and ''The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata'', both won the [[Philippine National Book Award]] Juan C. Laya Prize for the Novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Award Winning Books|url=http://nbdb.gov.ph/nbdb-awb/|website=NBDB|publisher=NBDB|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>
Her American debut, ''Gun Dealers' Daughter'', won the 2013 [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref name="cat" /> and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2014 Shortlist|url=https://library.stanford.edu/news/2014/05/press-release-william-saroyan-international-prize-writing-2014-shortlist|website=Stanford Libraries|publisher=Stanford|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="devera" />


Her 2018 novel, ''[[Insurrecto]]'', was one of [[Publishers Weekly]]'s 2018 Ten Best Books,<ref>{{cite web|title=Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018|url=https://www.yearendlists.com/2018/12/publishers-weekly-10-best-books-of-2018|website=Year-End Lists|date=December 9, 2018|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019 Shortlist|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2403|website=Short List|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> Portions of her short story, "The Unintended," which was published in the ''Manila Noir'' anthology edited by [[Jessica Hagedorn]], appear in the novel.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manila Noir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYPWjZ6tVckC|isbn = 9781617751608|access-date=February 21, 2020|last1 = Hagedorn|first1 = Jessica Tarahata|year = 2013}}</ref>
She has contributed to the ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/gina-apostol/|website=Contributors|publisher=LARB|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref>, ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Speaking in Fascism's Tongues|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-fascism.html|website=Op-ed|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Surrender, Oblivion, Survival|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/opinion/surrender-oblivion-survival.html|website=Op-ed|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In the Philippines, Haunted by History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/in-the-philippines-haunted-by-history.html|website=Op-ed|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>, and ''[[Foreign Policy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/gina-apostol/|website=Authors|publisher=Foreign Policy|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref>


She has contributed to the ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/gina-apostol/|website=Contributors|publisher=LARB|access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Speaking in Fascism's Tongues|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-fascism.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=February 21, 2020|last1=Apostol|first1=Gina}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Surrender, Oblivion, Survival|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/opinion/surrender-oblivion-survival.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=February 21, 2020|last1=Apostol|first1=Gina}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=In the Philippines, Haunted by History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/in-the-philippines-haunted-by-history.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 28, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2020|last1=Apostol|first1=Gina}}</ref> and ''[[Foreign Policy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gina Apostol|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/gina-apostol/|website=Authors|publisher=Foreign Policy|access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref>
==Literary works==

*''Bibliolepsy'' (1997, University of Philippines Press: {{ISBN|9789715421379}})
In an interview, Apostol said that her current favorite novelist is [[Elena Ferrante]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Casal|first=Chang|date=August 9, 2019|title=Gina Apostol on historical fiction and our 'unhealthy' search for a Filipino identity|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/literature/2019/8/9/gina-apostol-interview.html|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=CNN Philippines|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220050035/https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/literature/2019/8/9/gina-apostol-interview.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''The Revolution According to Raymundo '' (2009, Manila: Anvil {{ISBN|9789715421379}}; 2020, New York: Soho Press: ISBN 9781641291835)

*''Gun Dealer's Daughter'' (2010, Manila: Anvil; 2012, Norton: {{ISBN|9780393062946}})
The [[Nobel Library]] of the [[Swedish Academy]] owns two of her novels, ''Insurrecto'' and ''Gun Dealer's Daughter''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lib.nobelbiblioteket.se/search?/aApostol%2C+Gina%2C+1963-/aapostol+gina+++++1963/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=aapostol+gina+++++1963&1%2C2%2C|title=Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek|access-date=1 July 2024|website=lib.nobelbiblioteket.se}}</ref>
*''Insurrecto'' (2018, Soho Press: {{ISBN|978-1616959449}}

=== Personal life ===
In 1998, Apostol's husband, Arne Tangherlini, died. In 2013, Apostol was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. She subsequently underwent a bilateral [[mastectomy]] and [[chemotherapy]].<ref name="devera" />

==Awards and honors==
===Winner===
* [[1997 in literature|1997]]: [[Philippine National Book Awards]] – ''Bibliolepsy''
* [[2010 in literature|2010]]: [[Philippine National Book Awards]] – ''The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata''
* [[2010 in literature|2010]]: Gintong Aklat Award – ''The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata''
* [[2013 in literature|2013]]: [[PEN/Open Book]] – ''Gun Dealers' Daughter''
* [[2023 in literature|2023]]: [[Rome Prize|Rome Prize in Literature]] – ''The Treatment of Paz''

===Shortlists===
* [[2014 in literature|2014]]: Saroyan International Prize – ''Gun Dealers' Daughter''
* [[2019 in literature|2019]]: [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]] – ''Insurrecto''

==Bibliography==
=== Novels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Publisher(s)
!References
|-
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Bibliolepsy]]'' || [[University of the Philippines Press]] (1997);<br/>[[Soho Press]] (2022) ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata]]'' || [[Anvil Publishing]] (2009);<br/>[[Soho Press]] (2021) ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Gun Dealer's Daughter]]'' || [[Anvil Publishing]] (2010);<br/>[[W. W. Norton & Company]] (2012) ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Insurrecto]]'' || [[Soho Press]] (2018);<br/>[[Fitzcarraldo Editions]] (2019) || <ref>{{Cite news |last=Aw |first=Tash |date=2019-08-28 |title=Insurrecto by Gina Apostol review – struggles in the Philippines |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/28/insurrecto-gina-apostol-review |access-date=2023-08-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || ''[[La Tercera (novel)|La Tercera]]'' || [[Soho Press]] (2023) || <ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-30 |title=A Complex Family History in a Nation of Many Tongues |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/books/review/gina-apostol-la-tercera.html |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lit |first=Intern Electric |date=2023-05-26 |title=The (Mis)Translation of Filipino History |url=https://electricliterature.com/the-mistranslation-of-filipino-history/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Electric Literature |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

=== Short stories ===

* "The Mistress" published in ''Babaylan'' (2000)
* "Fredo Avila" published in ''Bold Worlds'' (2001)
* "Cunanan's Wake" published in ''Charlie Chan is Dead 2'' (2004)
* "The Unintended" published in ''Manila Noir'' (2013)

=== Non-fiction ===

* [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/in-the-philippines-haunted-by-history.html "In the Philippines, Haunted by History."] ''The New York Times''. April 28, 2012.
* [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/borges-politics-and-the-postcolonial/ "Borges, Politics, and the Postcolonial."] ''Los Angeles Review of Books''. August 18, 2013.
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/opinion/surrender-oblivion-survival.html "Surrender, Oblivion, Survival."] ''The New York Times''. November 14, 2013.
* [https://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/01/17/14/transparency-relieving-body-despair "Transparency: Relieving the Body Despair."] ''ABS-CBN''. January 17, 2014.
* [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/benedict-anderson-counts-lessons-writing-culture-jose-rizal/ "Why Benedict Anderson Counts."] ''Los Angeles Review of Books''. March 4, 2014.
* [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/29/philippines_china_asia_us_bases_subic_bay "Imperialism 2.0."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915041234/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/29/philippines_china_asia_us_bases_subic_bay |date=September 15, 2014 }} ''Foreign Policy''. April 29, 2014.
* [https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/politics/2016/05/09/rodrigo-duterte-gina-apostol.html "Rodrigo Duterte: Strongman, jokerman."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525075817/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/politics/2016/05/09/rodrigo-duterte-gina-apostol.html |date=May 25, 2022 }} ''CNN Philippines''. May 9, 2016.
* [https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/politics/2016/10/11/duterte-and-our-history-gina-apostol.html "President Duterte and our revolutionary history."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119131921/https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/politics/2016/10/11/duterte-and-our-history-gina-apostol.html |date=January 19, 2022 }} ''CNN Philippines''. October 14, 2016.
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-fascism.html?_r=0 "Speaker in Fascism's Tongues."] ''The New York Times''. May 19, 2017.
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/opinion/sunday/philippines-land-impunity.html "Who Hits Golf Balls Into the Sea?"] ''The New York Times''. January 12, 2018.
* [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/francine-proses-problem/ "Francine Prose's Problem."] ''Los Angeles Review of Books''. January 17, 2018.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.ginaapostol.com/}}
*{{official website|https://www.ginaapostol.com/}}
*[https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-multiplicity-is-truth-an-interview-with-gina-apostol/ In Multiplicity Is Truth: An Interview with Gina Apostol] December 31, 2018
*{{cite web | url=http://www.cornell.edu/video/gina-apostol-filipino-american-war-novel | title=The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction | date=9 November 2015 | website=CornellCast | publisher=Cornell University}} ''Video of lecture given by Apostol''
*{{cite web | url=http://www.cornell.edu/video/gina-apostol-filipino-american-war-novel | title=The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction | date=November 9, 2015 | website=CornellCast | publisher=Cornell University}} ''Video of lecture given by Apostol''
*[https://www.npr.org/2018/11/10/666360732/an-american-and-her-filipina-translator-exhume-a-massacre-in-insurrecto "An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'"] {{cite interview |last=Apostol |first=Gina |author-link=Gina Apostol |others=Scott Simon |title=Weekend Edition |work=[[National Public Radio]] |publisher=NPR |location=Washington, DC |date=November 10, 2018}}
*[https://www.npr.org/2018/11/10/666360732/an-american-and-her-filipina-translator-exhume-a-massacre-in-insurrecto "An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'"] {{cite interview |last=Apostol |first=Gina |author-link=Gina Apostol |others=Scott Simon |title=Weekend Edition |work=[[National Public Radio]] |publisher=NPR |location=Washington, DC |date=November 10, 2018}}


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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Delgado and the surname or paternal family name is Apostol.

Gina Apostol
Photo by Margarita Corporan
Photo by Margarita Corporan
BornGina Lourdes Delgado Apostol
Manila, Philippines
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Notable worksGun Dealers' Daughter (2013)
Insurrecto (2018)
Notable awardsPhilippine National Book Awards (1997, 2010)
PEN/Open Book (2013)
SpouseArne Tangherlini (died 1998)
Website
ginaapostol.com

Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol (born 1963) is a Filipino-born writer based in the United States.[1][2][3] She won the 2023 Rome Prize in Literature for her proposed novel, The Treatment of Paz.[4][5]

Biography

[edit]

Early life and education

[edit]

Gina Lourdes Delgado Apostol was born in Manila the second child of her mother, Virginia. She grew up in Tacloban, Leyte, where she studied at Divine World College. Afterwards, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and a master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Literary career

[edit]

Apostol's debut novel Bibliolepsy, published by the University of the Philippines Press, won the 1997 Philippine National Book Award for Fiction. The novel is set in Manila in the 1980s, during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos up to the 1986 People Power Revolution. On its first run, the novel sold out and went out of print. It was republished in the United States by Soho Press in 2022.[6][7]

Her second novel, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata won the 2010 Philippine National Book Award for Fiction, as well as the biannual Gintong Aklat Award. It was republished in the United States by Soho Press in 2021.[8]

Her American debut, Gun Dealers' Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award[2] and was shortlisted for the 2014 Saroyan International Prize.[9][1]

Her 2018 novel, Insurrecto, was one of Publishers Weekly's 2018 Ten Best Books,[10] and was shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[11] Portions of her short story, "The Unintended," which was published in the Manila Noir anthology edited by Jessica Hagedorn, appear in the novel.[12]

She has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books,[13] The New York Times,[14][15][16] and Foreign Policy.[17]

In an interview, Apostol said that her current favorite novelist is Elena Ferrante.[18]

The Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy owns two of her novels, Insurrecto and Gun Dealer's Daughter.[19]

Personal life

[edit]

In 1998, Apostol's husband, Arne Tangherlini, died. In 2013, Apostol was diagnosed with breast cancer. She subsequently underwent a bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy.[1]

Awards and honors

[edit]

Winner

[edit]

Shortlists

[edit]

Bibliography

[edit]

Novels

[edit]
Year Titel Publisher(s) References
1997 Bibliolepsy University of the Philippines Press (1997);
Soho Press (2022)
2009 The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata Anvil Publishing (2009);
Soho Press (2021)
2010 Gun Dealer's Daughter Anvil Publishing (2010);
W. W. Norton & Company (2012)
2018 Insurrecto Soho Press (2018);
Fitzcarraldo Editions (2019)		 [20]
2023 La Tercera Soho Press (2023) [21][22]

Short stories

[edit]
  • "The Mistress" published in Babaylan (2000)
  • "Fredo Avila" published in Bold Worlds (2001)
  • "Cunanan's Wake" published in Charlie Chan is Dead 2 (2004)
  • "The Unintended" published in Manila Noir (2013)

Non-fiction

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d De Vera, Ruel S. (April 21, 2014). "Philippine novelist wins US book award amid cancer and 'Yolanda'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Gina Apostol". Center for Art and Thought. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "Gina Apostol". Filipino American Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "House commends novelist Gina Apostol for winning Rome Prize". politics.com.ph. January 27, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  5. ^ Suralta, B. (May 19, 2022). "Acclaimed Filipino Writer Gina Apostol Bags Rome Prize, Teases Upcoming Novels". EsquireMag.ph. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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